Council Apologises To Families Told ‘No Appeal’ Against Bedroom Tax

Coventry City Council has apologised to low-income families who were wrongly told they could not appeal against cuts to their housing benefit known as the “bedroom tax”.  Council letters informed households of the benefits they could lose under the government’s new scheme – if they were deemed to have more bedrooms than they need.  The council has now accepted the letters wrongly stated: “You are unable to appeal against this decision.” The letter was challenged by campaign group Coventry Against the Bedroom Tax, which said refusing an appeal is against the law. Read more on the Coventry Telegraph website.