Liberal Democrat peers will rebel against the coalition’s cuts to housing benefit for unemployed tenants, according to the party’s former work and pensions spokesperson. Baroness Thomas of Winchester has teamed up with independent peer Lord Best to vote against a proposed 10 per cent cut in housing benefit for tenants who have been claiming jobseeker’s allowance for more than a year. Lib Dem peers would be unlikely to support the cut if the proposal escapes the Commons unscathed, the Baroness said. ‘If it comes here [the House of Lords], then I’m sure that it will not survive a vote. I would not have thought that many Lib Dems would be able to vote for it.’ Other Lib Dem peers, including Lord German, are lobbying the government to drop the cut before it appears in the government bill, which is due to be published in January. Read more on Inside Housing.
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