Taxpayers are to fork out £1BILLION more in housing
benefit despite the misery caused by the Bedroom Tax, reveals the Sunday
People. Iain Duncan Smith launched the hated tax a year ago to save £490million
from the annual £24billion housing benefit bill. But figures from the
Government’s own Office of Budget Responsibility forecast it will rise by
£100million in the next financial year, £300million in 2015-16, £300million in
£2016-17, £200million in 2017-18 and £100million in 2018-19. Labour leader Ed
Miliband said: “The housing benefit bill is going up not down. Those forced out
of their homes have to get more help to pay rent to private landlords instead
of councils or housing associations.” Read more on the Sunday People website.
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