Bedroom Tax: Not About the Money

A Tory minister has unmasked the real motivation behind the cruel bedroom tax by admitting the policy was never about saving taxpayers' cash. The DWP revealed stripping Britain's poorest tenants of housing benefit has saved the Treasury £1 million a day since last April. But Tory Employment Minister Esther McVey admitted that the policy "was never all about saving money" - a claim at odds with the line her government used. Ms McVey made the short but stark comment on BBC 5 Live radio in an interview before the first anniversary of the bedroom tax. Disabled People Against Cuts spokeswoman Debbie Jolly said: "At last we have some truth from the mouth of a government minister." Outraged Ms Jolly said it showed the policy was another Tory attempt to "inflict misery on ordinary people struggling with rising costs of living." And she said: "The situation is clear - under this government we not only face an erosion of rights, but continuous attacks on our living standards, homes and security.” Read more on the Morning Star website.