Bedroom Tax

EDM number 344 in 2012-13, proposed by Ian Mearns on 05/07/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Social rented housing and Taxation.

That this House welcomes the recent analysis in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle of the serious impact of the Government's bedroom tax which will penalise families for under-occupying their social home even if they have nowhere else to move to; notes that people deemed to be under-occupying their social homes will see their benefit cut by up to 88 permonth; further notes that this will have a devastating impact on families in the North East as the region with the highest number of people deemed to be under-occupying; and urges the Government to commission detailed research into the impact of the bedroom tax in the North East and reconsider the policy in the light of this.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.