Bedroom Tax On Domestic Violence Victims Actually Costs Taxpayers

It would cost the Government less to exempt victims of domestic violence from the “Bedroom Tax” than it would to fight a court battle to force them to pay it, Labour has claimed. Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith asked DWP ministers how many victims were affected by the under-occupancy penalty and how much it would cost to exempt them. When he did not receive a direct reply, he said: “I am sure the minister knows the answer to my question, it is 280 victims of domestic violence and it would cost around £200,000 to exempt them.” Read more on the Independent website.