Thursday, 16 January 2014

DWP: 'Less Than 5,000 Exempt From Bedroom Tax'

The DWP said the number of housing benefit recipients who are exempt from paying the bedroom tax due to a legal loophole is estimated to be "less than 5,000". A spokesman for the DWP today said it "didn't recognise" the figure of 40,000 quoted in The Guardian newspaper and said the estimates put forward by "so-called housing experts" were "most likely balderdash". Read more on 24dash.

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