Exempt and Wrongly Had Bedroom Tax Imposed – The Maladministration Complaints Are Here

All the pre-1996 exemption cases who have had the bedroom tax imposed upon them in error can and should issue complaints of maladministration against their local council AND against the DWP. They all have strong grounds of ‘maladministration’ by their local councils using the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and against the DWP with the Parliamentary Ombudsman or PO. In very simple terms both local and central government have not done what they should have done is a good way to look at what maladministration means.  Both the LGO and PO will only investigate if an injustice has been caused yet this is clear with the bedroom tax deduction itself giving them less money and all it means by consequence of that such as skipping one meal a day to pay the bedroom tax etc.  Read more on the Speye blog.