Scandal of the UN's attack on
the spare room subsidy cut
2.30 pm Local Government:
Spare room subsidy cut is saving far more than thought as many come off benefits altogether
The removal in 2013 of what the government calls
the spare room subsidy cuts benefits for social housing tenants with a «spare» room.
Not exact matches
Since the election in 2010 the coalition government has placed a cap on the amount of benefits people can receive and introduced the
Spare Room Subsidy that means people on housing benefit with more bedrooms than they needed had their benefits
cut.
Mr Miliband said Labour would make up for the # 470m the
spare room subsidy is meant to save by reversing some of the Government's tax
cuts for businesses and George Osborne's «shares for rights» scheme.
The TUC funded group False Economy has discovered that the
cut in
spare room subsidy has caused an increase in rent arrears.
Local Government:
Cutting the
spare room subsidy will help the disabled in overcrowded housing
> Yesterday on Local Government:
Cutting the
spare room subsidy will help the disabled in overcrowded housing
The absence of the information about house movements on the back of the bedroom tax — called a «
spare room subsidy» by the government — raises questions about arguments from ministers that the policy was designed to save money and free up existing stock to
cut housing queues.