Freud: Use Sofa Beds to Beat Bedroom Tax

The minister for welfare reform has said he is concerned about the impact the bedroom tax could have on separated families, but sofa beds could be a solution. Lord Freud told MPs on the Welsh Affairs Committee he did worry about fathers getting access to their children at the weekend.  Committee chair David Davies, the Conservative MP for Monmouth, asked Lord Freud whether there was any reason why people having children to stay who did not permanently live with them could not make temporary arrangements, such as the use of sofa beds.  The minister replied: ‘Some people may find it’s worthwhile spending the extra £12 a week to have that facility [an extra bedroom], others will use a sofa bed.” Read more on Inside Housing.