Bed Tax Victory Mum 'Asked By Official to Keep On Paying'

The mum of a disabled boy revealed yesterday that she was asked to keep paying the bedroom tax to "balance the books" of a housing association.  Sarah Davies of Bridgend in south Wales won the exemption with the help of activists who proved her son Ben, who suffers from cerebral palsy, needed his own room. But she was left stunned when a housing officer called just half an hour later to see if she would keep paying until April.  She told the Star: "A man phoned, he wasn't nasty or horrible, he just said could you continue paying until the end of the month so it all balances and works out. He said it's up to me but would I pay it and I said no.” The call came from a senior staff member of housing association Wales and West, from which Ms Davies, her husband and two sons rent their three-bedroom home. Read more on the Morning Star website.