IDS's Think Tank Calls for Changes to Bedroom Tax

The boss of the think tank set up by work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has called for changes to the government’s controversial ‘bedroom tax’. In a move that is likely to cause embarrassment to Mr Duncan Smith, the managing director of the Centre for Social Justice, Christian Guy, has said that he would like to see the government’s under-occupation penalty altered so that it is fairer.  Speaking at the National Housing Federation’s leadership forum Mr Guy told delegates from the housing sector he thought people should only have to pay the penalty if they had turned down a suitable downsizing offer.  He added that he thought it was ‘odd’ that pensioners are exempt from the policy.  Read more on Inside Housing.