Category Archives: bedroom tax

Upper Tribunal says ALL bedroom tax decisions unlawfully determined

Posted on September 27, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from SPeye Joe (Welfare Writes blog) Excellent news from the Upper Tribunal regarding “Bedroom Tax” Yet another flawed government policy and not only that it’s unlawful as well! Read more about it here:- https://speye.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/upper-tribunal-says-all-bedroom-tax-decisions-unlawfully-determined/

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The brutality of the bedroom tax

Posted on August 22, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from The Mirror on line Tomlinson/Sunday MirrorStripped of dignity: Rob is bathed in a paddling pool in the living room This shocking picture exposes the brutal reality of David Cameron’s Bedroom Tax – a severely disabled man forced to … Continue reading →

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Bedroom tax “saints” take fight to the Court of Appeal

Posted on July 21, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) // Two grandparents and their severely disabled grandson hit by the bedroom tax won the right today to take their case to the Court of Appeal. The Court ruled that the Rutherford family, … Continue reading →

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Even the government admits the bedroom tax isn’t working

Posted on July 16, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Mirror on line Photo: WikiCommons The DWP quietly published an interim report into the removal of the spare room subsidy (colloquially known as the “bedroom tax”) and it paints a grim picture of the reality behind the … Continue reading →

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The election has finally opened Tory eyes to the disaster of the bedroom tax

Posted on June 19, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Guardian on line Some of Cameron’s party faithful are asking whether the bedroom tax costs more socially than it is saves financially. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images When elected to a majority government, David Cameron and his ministers … Continue reading →

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It’s official … this government SUPPORT domestic violence!

Posted on February 28, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Inside Housing Domestic violence victim loses High Court bedroom tax case. A mother living in a domestic abuse ‘sanctuary scheme’ has lost her landmark challenge against the bedroom tax, in a blow to similar services across the country. … Continue reading →

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Bad news on bedroom tax

Posted on December 17, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

An update on todays’ bedroom tax vote There’s no way to sugarcoat this, G: we just lost our parliamentary vote on the Bedroom Tax. Time and time again we’ve tried to get this cruel law scrapped — and every time … Continue reading →

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Bedroom Tax Petition

Posted on December 16, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

G, Just wanted to make sure you saw this — you’ve only got a few hours to add your name to our official record of opposition to the Bedroom Tax before tomorrow’s vote. More than 100,000 others already have. Look … Continue reading →

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Draw your own conclusions!

Posted on November 20, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady
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Panic room woman challenges bedroom tax

Posted on November 18, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from The Guardian Judicial review challenge will argue that tax is discriminatory and will have devastating impact on abused woman and her son Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary. Photograph: Rex Features A woman whose council home … Continue reading →

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