A Labour MP has warned cuts to housing benefit will result in ‘social cleansing’ across the country. Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour Party conference, Mary Creagh, MP for Wakefield, said the caps to local housing allowance, and the move to basing rents on the 30th percentile rather than the median of rents in an area, would force low-income families into unpopular areas with no jobs. Ms Creagh also warned cutting rents would create a public health problem as tenants would only be able to afford overcrowded and poor-quality accommodation. Read more on Inside Housing.
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