Charity Calls For Major Changes To Bedroom Tax

The Liverpool City Region Child Poverty and Life Chances Commission is calling on the government to initiate a major overhaul of the Bedroom Tax. The commission’s chairman, Frank Field, has set out evidence gained by the commission on the impact of the Bedroom Tax on poorer families with children:

·         112 families with children (83% of respondents to the commission’s survey) have cut back on their food budgets

·         96 families with children (71%) have cut back on essential household bills

·         67 families with children (49%) have resorted to payday loans

·         115 families with children (85%) are not currently looking to move home, due to a lack of suitable alternative accommodation into which they could move

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