Friday, 15 November 2013

What goes on in a bedroom?

5 of us in a three generation household in Llandudno. If ours was a rental property, our fourth bedroom which was is filled by a succession of family and friends would count as a spare bedroom for the purposes of the bedroom tax. The elderly couples who live either side of us would each have three spare bedrooms. We won't, of course, be directly affected by the bedroom tax because we are owner occupiers and not in receipt of any benefits beyond the old age pension and older person's heating allowance.

It will inevitably be the poorest who are most affected by the bedroom tax. They are therefore not allowed to have family and friends to stay. Many with members of the family has who have a medical condition which means they need a separate room will also be caught by this tax.

If your MP claims the allowance in this article while voting for the bedroom tax, please write to them and complain. In fact, write to your MP anyway, it will encourage the good ones.

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