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.