Tuesday 2 February 2016

Bedroom Tax On Domestic Violence Victims Actually Costs Taxpayers

It would cost the Government less to exempt victims of domestic violence from the “Bedroom Tax” than it would to fight a court battle to force them to pay it, Labour has claimed. Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith asked DWP ministers how many victims were affected by the under-occupancy penalty and how much it would cost to exempt them. When he did not receive a direct reply, he said: “I am sure the minister knows the answer to my question, it is 280 victims of domestic violence and it would cost around £200,000 to exempt them.” Read more on the Independent website.

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