Sentences with phrase «room subsidy cuts»

The removal in 2013 of what the government calls the spare room subsidy cuts benefits for social housing tenants with a «spare» room.

2.30 pm Local Government: Spare room subsidy cut is saving far more than thought as many come off benefits altogether

Scandal of the UN's attack on the spare room subsidy cut

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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

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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.