Tens of thousands of victims of the bedroom tax are also
being clobbered by cuts to council tax support, new research shows. The
analysis found 270,000 people penalised for having a spare room have suffered
an additional blow by seeing their council tax benefit slashed. The New Policy
Institute (NPI) said the victims of the hated bedroom tax have seen their
housing benefit cut by £15.61 a week on average. And they are also having to pay
£2.86 a week in rates since Eric Pickles cut council tax support in 2013. Many
of them are disabled, former service personnel and army widows. Read more on
the Daily Mirror website.
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