Bedroom tax is a grim measure that will cause uncertainty and anxiety
YOUR editorial on the so-called bedroom tax shows that it is indeed a grim measure, hitting those with least financial resilience ("Grim reality of the bedroom tax", The Herald, February 14).
YOUR editorial on the so-called bedroom tax shows that it is indeed a grim measure, hitting those with least financial resilience (\"Grim reality of the bedroom tax\", The Herald, February 14).
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Typically, the Westminster Coalition is using a financial mechanism to achieve a social change – smaller households move to smaller properties if they can't afford the one they're in. But these smaller properties do not exist – or not in the numbers that would be needed.
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Bedroom tax is a grim measure that will cause uncertainty and anxiety
YOUR editorial on the so-called bedroom tax shows that it is indeed a grim measure, hitting those with least financial resilience ("Grim reality of the bedroom tax", The Herald, February 14).
Typically, the Westminster Coalition is using a financial mechanism to achieve a social change – smaller households move to smaller properties if they can't afford the one they're in. But these smaller properties do not exist – or not in the numbers that would be needed.
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