Housing benefit payments in the East
Midlands are being cut by more than £15m this year under the
government reform of the welfare system.
Figures from 18 of 21 local councils, responding to a BBC Freedom of Information
request, show about 22,700 tenants had their benefit reduced. The government
said the changes, which reduce help given to tenants with spare rooms, make the
system "fairer". The figures
show that 18,340 tenants in the region lost an annual £600 in benefits for
having a spare bedroom, while another 4,329 tenants lost about £1,000 for
having two or more empty rooms.
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