Ten Reasons to Axe the Bedroom Tax

1. It snatches from the poorest - The bedroom tax hits people in council or social housing who claim housing benefit—more than 650,000 households.

2. The rooms aren’t ‘spare’ - If their parents are separated, children will have to sleep on the couch when staying with one parent.

3. There’s nowhere to move to - Some 4,700 tenants will be hit by the bedroom tax in Hull. But there are only 73 smaller council homes in the town.

4. It hits disabled people hard - Disabled people are more likely to need their own room and to need benefits. They could lose homes that are specially adapted to suit their conditions.

5. They are already retreating - Iain Duncan Smith has been forced to make two embarrassing concessions. Some foster carers will be exempted along with some of those serving in the armed forces—if they meet strict conditions.

Read the other five reasons on the Socialist Worker website.