Housing benefit changes - dubbed by critics the
"bedroom tax" - are to be examined at the UK's highest court. Supreme
Court judges are to consider appeals which claim the removal of the
government's spare room subsidy is discriminatory in some cases. In addition,
the government will challenge an earlier ruling which found in favour of a
domestic abuse victim and a disabled boy's family. Last month the Court of
Appeal ruled the policy had discriminated against Pembrokeshire couple Paul and
Susan Rutherford and their 15-year-old grandson Warren and a woman identified
as "A" who had a council house fitted with a panic room to protect
her from a violent partner. Read more on the BBC website.
The Guardian view on unhealthy Britain: from housing to junk food, there
are solutions | Editorial
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People are living with sickness or disability younger than a decade ago.
That should shock the country and prompt action
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