Bedroom Tax

Have you heard about the Government plans for a ‘bedroom tax’ ? While families of soldiers serving our country will have to find extra money for their son or daughter’s bedroom, 13,000 millionaires will get a tax cut worth £100,000 a year on average. Two thirds of the households hit are home to someone who is disabled. Foster families will be hit – even if they have foster children in their ‘spare room’. Divorced parents and grandparents will be charged more if they want to keep a spare room for when their children or grandchildren come to stay. To add to the chaos, the Department for Work and Pensions has admitted that there are not enough smaller properties for families to move to, yet the ‘bedroom tax’ will still hit households that don’t have the option to move. Is there no end to what this Con - Lib alliance is doing to add more misery to ordinary people. You can find out if you are affected here: http://www.housing.org.uk/policy/welfare_reform/bedroom_tax.aspx Fryent Councillors