Bedroom tax’ has sent 400 Norwich people into rent arrears, claim council leaders
Households are finding it very difficult to bridge the gap
Dan Grimmer Friday, August 2, 2013
7:30 AM
More than 400 people in Norwich have fallen into rent arrears since the introduction of the so-called “bedroom tax”, city council leaders say.
The controversial changes to cut housing benefit payments, dubbed the “bedroom tax” by Labour, came into force in April.
Council spent £40,000 making home fit for disabled daughter.. now they say it’s too big
Lisa faced a terrible choice – somehow find the money or move to a smaller bungalow without any specially adapted equipment
Andy Stenning Daily Mirror Lisa Evans is the human cost of a policy dreamed up far away by people who have never known hardship.
Life is a battle, a struggle against the odds.
But, hard as it is, just one smile from her severely disabled daughter Vicki makes it all worthwhile.
From the crack of dawn until midnight she works to care for her daughter.
The single mother-of-two has looked after Vicki, 26, since an operation left her a spastic quadriplegic at just six months old.
But the hated Bedroom Tax has destroyed her delicate financial and emotional balancing act.
Since April, Lisa, 48, has been paying £35 a week more in council rent and it has pushed her to the point of physical and emotional collapse.
She faced a terrible choice – either find the money or move to a smaller bungalow without any of the specially adapted equipment Vicki needs.
Golfers tee-off in first pan disabled open tournament
Thursday, 01 August 2013
MORE than 60 golfers with disabilities flocked to High Barnet on Monday for the UK’s first ever pan-disabled Open Golf tournament.
Taking a swing: One golfer taking part
The event organised by The Golf Trust, an inclusive golfing charity, was held at The Shire London golf course in St Albans Road and brought together disabled golfers of all ages and abilities including amputees, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s sufferers, stroke survivors, blind, deaf and visually impaired people, as well as golf enthusiasts with learning difficulties.
