The disabled grandparents of a child who cannot walk,
talk or feed himself vowed to fight on after a High Court ruling said they
would have to pay the bedroom tax - as he isn't old enough to be exempted. Rejecting the family's application for a
judicial review, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith said a discretionary government
housing grant would make up the difference until April 2015 and that, assuming
the scheme remained, there was no evidence to suggest the council would refuse
to make up the shortfall in future. He said the family were not financially
disadvantaged by the intended and actual operation of the scheme and that none
of the detriments which had been suggested would have an "unreasonable
discriminatory effect." Read more on the Morning Star website.
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