More than 522,000 housing benefit claimants were subject
to the bedroom tax in August and had their housing benefit reduced by an
average of £14.50 a week, official figures show. The DWP said the figures were
the first official returns on the impact of the controversial tax, or bedroom
subsidy withdrawal. They show more than 429,000 people were penalised for
having one bedroom too many, losing an average of £12.66 a week; more than
92,000 were penalised for having two excess bedrooms, and were losing an
average of £23.43 a week. The government said there had been a steady fall in
the number of households affected, with 24,000 fewer claimants affected than in
May. Read more on the Guardian website.
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