Friday, 15 November 2013

Labour Loses Housing Benefit U-Turn Vote

The government has seen off a Labour challenge to its housing benefit changes in the House of Commons. MPs voted by a majority of 26 to reject what critics have dubbed the "bedroom tax", removing some payments if council tenants' properties are deemed to be under-occupied. But two Liberal Democrat MPs - Andrew George and party president Tim Farron - backed Labour's motion. Read more on the BBC website.

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