Friday 31 October 2014

Bedroom Tax Victims Are the Real Losers of EU Referendum Bill's Death

The strange death of the Tories' EU referendum bill has been a particularly ugly coalition one. And it's not one without casualties, as thousands of bedroom tax victims will testify. Somehow, a Liberal Democrat backbencher's bid to mitigate the worst impacts of this damaging policy became embroiled in coalition negotiations over the Conservatives' EU referendum bill. Now the hopes of both parties' backbenchers are dead on the floor after a messy government shootout. And all the while Westminster is wondering: was this David Cameron's plan all along? Read more on the Politics UK website.

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