Landlords With Tenants On Universal Credit Should Get A Tax Break

Landlords who rent to Universal Credit claimants should be given tax breaks, the architect of the controversial benefits system has said. Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who oversaw the design of the policy, told a conference in London that property barons who let homes to social tenants should pay less tax. Duncan Smith criticised sweeping changes to tax laws that increased the costs of renting a property for thousands of landlords, enacted by the government he was a part of. Read more on the Huffington Post website.

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