Labour to get rid of Bedroom Tax if elected

[woodmally]

For clarity do you mean there isn't smaller accommodation available in the social sector or in the private sector ..or both?

 

There isnt smaller accomodation in either private or public.

[Berberis]

There isnt smaller accomodation in either private or public.

 

So the 276, one to two bedroom houses for rent in Sheffield (3 mile radius) now for between £100-£600 per month on Rightmove are fake are they?

 

Change the search parameters to one to three bedroom and the number jumps to 500 available properties.

Edited May 1, 2015 by Berberis

[Titanic99]

Which areas have this large surplus of 3 bedroom Council houses?

 

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Tax has been cut by this government and It's only fair that large state funded houses are freed up by those people that don't need them, so that people that do need them get get them.

 

Here's an article on the BBC which shows the problem.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23122369

[loraward]

Hold on a sec, the Tories want to give people the right to buy HA houses. If they get sold off they are no longer available to be allocated.

 

A recent study showed that taxes have been raised by £255 a person in this parliament

 

Selling it doesn't reduce supply, the house still exists and someone will still be living in it. My understanding is that they intend to use the money they get form the sales to build more, which means selling them will increase supply.

 

I'm sure some will be paying more tax but some will also be paying less tax.

[Anna B]

Even if Labour do get rid of the bedroom tax, the damage will already have been done for a lot of people.

[RonJeremy]

Even if Labour do get rid of the bedroom tax, the damage will already have been done for a lot of people.

 

And the benefit of a family home for a family will have been had and continue to be had for a lot of people.

[I1L2T3]

Genuine question..How does that stand historically ..? over 5 years that's only £50 a year...

 

Maybe it is, but the point I'm countering is that the coalition has cut taxes. Overall it hasn't.

 

http://election2015.ifs.org.uk/article/the-coalition-government-s-record-on-tax

 

Some taxes are reduced, others increased but the net increase per person is above £250.

[apelike]

Maybe it is, but the point I'm countering is that the coalition has cut taxes. Overall it hasn't.

 

http://election2015.ifs.org.uk/article/the-coalition-government-s-record-on-tax

 

Some taxes are reduced, others increased but the net increase per person is above £250.

 

And yet Cameron on Question time said he had reduced the welfare budget by £20 Billion during his rule, so one would expect some form of tax rebate.

 

I'd loved to have been on question time just to ask exactly what the saving has been spent on. As said earlier, it certainly has not benefited the average taxpayer except make those who don't receive benefits feel better.

[Titanic99]

And yet Cameron on Question time said he had reduced the welfare budget by £20 Billion during his rule, so one would expect some form of tax rebate.

 

I'd loved to have been on question time just to ask exactly what the saving has been spent on. As said earlier, it certainly has not benefited the average taxpayer except make those who don't receive benefits feel better.

 

He hasn't reduced the Welfare Bill at all, it's one of those disgraceful lies the scrote keeps coming out with.

 

Here's the link Welfare spending has gone up and I think if you listen to his words he says he saves the money if it had been paid at previous levels which is probably accurate.

 

So in reality there's more people needing Welfare and they are getting less which means the overall cost is more.

http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/spending_chart_2000_2018UKb_40t

[apelike]

He hasn't reduced the Welfare Bill at all, it's one of those disgraceful lies the scrote keeps coming out with.

 

Here's the link Welfare spending has gone up and I think if you listen to his words he says he saves the money if it had been paid at previous levels which is probably accurate.

 

So in reality there's more people needing Welfare and they are getting less which means the overall cost is more.

http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/spending_chart_2000_2018UKb_40t

 

I agree that its just lies but what amazes me is how many here seem to fall for his spin.