Victims of Bedroom Tax facing "severe financial hardship and distress" MPs warn
In a withering report, they say Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare shake up is hitting the vulnerable and putting more people on streets
Bedroom tax
The Sunday People, Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror have been campaigning for a fair deal for 660,000 victims of the hated bedroom tax. The tax – officially called “under occupancy tax” – means people of a working age in social housing who have a spare bedroom will find housing benefit claims reduced by £40 to £80 a month.
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Nigel Nelson on Budget2014
The Sunday People's political editor sees Ken Clarke inflate as George Osborne pot holes and plays bingo for all it's worth"
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Ros Wynne-Jones on Universal Jobmatch
The saga of the Government’s official jobs website would be funny if it weren’t so heartbreaking for all those trying desperately to find work"
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Ros Wynne-Jones on Budget 2014
As the Chancellor dots the i's and crosses the t's on his Budget statement, here are 10 people he really should be thinking of this year"
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Ros Wynne-Jones on War on Welfare
As a series of MPs told horror story after horror story experienced by their constituents, The PM was notable by his absence"
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Fleet Street Fox on benefits
We’re told the poor are profligate, chaotic, lazy, and incapable - the problem is the rich are even worse"
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Jack Monroe on ending the hunger scandal
I’m launching a petition calling for a different Budget - one that repairs the safety net we may all need at some time in our lives"
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