Government MPs Think Disabled Are Exempt from Bedroom Tax

The chair of the House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee says coalition MPs are oblivious to the bedroom tax's impact on disabled people. Dame Anne Begg claims "Many of the government's own backbenchers believe that disabled people living in houses specifically adapted for them are exempt. They aren't. They have to apply for a discretionary housing payment to make up the shortfall." Dame Anne also claims that there are a number of situations where the government's welfare reforms might even be costing the government more. Read more on 24dash.