SOME pensioners with spare rooms will be hit by reductions in Housing Benefit under the so-called "bedroom tax".
Existing claimants in homes where someone of working age also lives will be spared the welfare cut, but new claimants under the Universal Credit scheme will face reductions.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne said the Prime Minister needed to "get a grip", adding: "Ministers promised to protect pensioners from the bedroom tax, but thousands are set to lose out.
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