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01-Feb-12, 14:30
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
'Bedroom tax' plans will punish the poor
The UK Government's Welfare Reform plans will rob Scotland of over £54 million a year, new analysis has confirmed, Housing Minister Keith Brown claimed today. The Westminster Bill will reduce the amount of housing benefit support that can be given to tenants in the social rented sector by introducing new size criteria for working-age Housing Benefit claimants, who have extra bedrooms. ... [Read Full Article (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2773)]
'Bedroom tax' plans will punish the poor
The UK Government's Welfare Reform plans will rob Scotland of over £54 million a year, new analysis has confirmed, Housing Minister Keith Brown claimed today. The Westminster Bill will reduce the amount of housing benefit support that can be given to tenants in the social rented sector by introducing new size criteria for working-age Housing Benefit claimants, who have extra bedrooms. ... [Read Full Article (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2773)]