Children's Rights Cited In Legal Challenge to 'Bedroom Tax'

Ten disabled and vulnerable children have launched legal proceedings against work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to fight penalties for the under-occupation of social housing.  Judicial review proceedings have been issued to the High Court on behalf of the children, who claim the new regulations have failed to take proper account of the needs of vulnerable children and are discriminatory. All ten of the children will be expected to share a bedroom with their siblings, but all of them have been assessed as needing their own bedrooms. This is due to their disabilities, or because they are at risk of violence from a sibling, or because of the trauma they have experienced as a result of abuse and domestic violence. Read more on the Guardian website.