Thanks to Labour Left for the image.
For those who don't know about the Bedroom Tax there's a briefing here.
And for those in doubt, this 'tax' will make people homeless, deprive children of their education and access to their parents, cause massive distress to disabled people in couples who now have to share a bedroom whether they are physically able to or not and cost far more to implement than it can save.
It is in my opinion one of the most blatant assaults on the least well off and their right to enjoy a stable life in the communities of which they are a part that has ever been launched. All of which makes it, rather oddly, remarkably non Conservative.
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And let’s not forget, the bedroom tax will be regarded in hindsight as but a gentle breeze compared to the hurricane of the Overall Benefit Cap, which hardly anyone’s given any consideration yet (clue – it’s catastrophic for the economy and poor people alike).
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” remarkably non Conservative.”
Driving “sturdy beggars” from the parish is quite conservative, actually
Isn’t it the same as gerrymandering, which Shirley Porter went to court for?
Did she ever pay all the fine?
I think all MPs should be charged 14% for every spare room they have in their second homes. After all, they just need a bedsit for the second home, as only one of them works for parliament. After all it’s the long-suffering taxpayer that pays the rent or mortgage. Just take the money from their expenses until they move somewhere smaller.
“I think all MPs should be charged 14% for every spare room they have in their second homes.”
I’d go further. To simplify the mess of housing claims & expenses etc. use taxpayers funds to acquire private property or renovate HMG property and allocate it to MPs. They then get a flat as per requirements e.g. a backbencher gets ‘X’ Grade flat, Minister / Shadow Minister gets ‘Y’ Grade, Committee Chair’s get ‘Z’ Grade and so on.
Make the property non-central so the MPs get to enjoy commuting every day, say from Walthamstow or Brixton.
Then allocate research & constituency staff from a Civil Service ‘central pool’ so the staff as public servants would all be paid centrally and belong to the office / constituency – not the MP. No need them for MPs to worry about the risks of employing family members or looking after the office.
Better still
Scrap the bedroom tax
Retribution does not work