Disabled Children Bedroom Tax Rules Delayed

Regulations protecting certain families with disabled children from the bedroom tax will not be passed until the autumn, despite a judge saying they were ‘imminent’.  Campaigners lost a high profile legal challenge to the policy recently, after High Court judges refused to overturn the policy on the grounds that it discriminates against disabled people.  However, the judgement did slam the government for failing to introduce regulations protecting families with disabled children who cannot share a room from the policy, as ordered in a previous case. However, a spokesperson for the DWP confirmed no regulations will be considered until the new parliamentary term in the autumn. They said: ‘Now that we have this judgement it is intended that the regulations for children will be laid in autumn.’ Read more on Inside Housing.