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If he gets passed a year it'll be a miracle CD
Scotland will breakaway and become another Greece - but England will thrive on its own.
The future is what you make it. Long Live England.
It isn't a government imposed tax on spare bedrooms. Rather, it is a reduction in benefits paid out to those claiming housing benefit to assist with rent. The clue's in the term really. Benefits are paid to those who are unable to work, the unemployed or those on low wages. The bedroom tax places a threshold on the amount of benefit which is paid out. So, in effect, if you are already impoverished, the government will make it worse for you by refusing to assist you in your rent payments.
The government had the exceeding bright idea that if you couldn't afford to live in accommodation with "unused" bedroom/s, you could move house. Sounds like a plan, yeah? But where exactly do you move to? There is a lack of social housing in the UK and certainly not enough one bedroom properties to go round. Private accommodation costs a fortune and benefits paid to help with rent are capped on this too. AND, if you are disabled with a bedroom that may be used to store equipment or accommodate a carer or partner who is unable to sleep in the same room, sure, you can apply to be exempted but it's not guaranteed. So it's a tax on poverty really.
The term "bedroom tax" is a way of explaining its impact and was coined by opposition parties/the media.
I hope that helps!
I hope this explains the situation. I can only shudder at the thought of what they'll come up with next.