Monday, 24 February 2014

More Than 16,000 Affected By Bedroom Tax Loophole

More than 16,000 people have been wrongly charged the bedroom tax and are exempt under the loophole, freedom of information requests submitted by the Labour Party have revealed. The party received FOI information from 140 local authorities, despite submitting requests to 346 councils, and the total number wrongly charged households was 16,460. This figure revealed by the FOI requests is three times more than the Department for Work and Pensions estimated. Read more on Inside Housing.

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