WORK and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says cutting housing benefits for 4,700 low-income households in Hull is "about fairness".
The minister spoke out just days after Labour chose the city to launch a national campaign against the so-called bedroom tax.
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The minister spoke out just days after Labour chose the city to launch a national campaign against the so-called bedroom tax.
"That's why, from April, housing benefit claimants living in social housing with spare bedrooms will be expected to make a contribution towards the rent for those spare rooms.
"I know there's been a lot of debate over this policy and, of course, I understand some people will have concerns.
"This change will bring housing benefit for social housing claimants in line with what happens in the private sector already.
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Many people are being forced by IDS to pay this tax from next month along with a percentage of the council tax also so it's not just this bedroom tax that is going to cause poverty and social upheaval in many areas of the country. The trouble with millionaires like IDS is that they don't excist in the real world, where there is employment and lack of support for people creates a recipe for social unrest.
l have said this before now l hear it like a whisper
say a prayer tonight for the broken
This does not work in area`s across the country
places like Hull where there are 85 applicants for every job and inadequate social housing.
need to begin to arm themselves and hit the streets
recall that protest that is peaceful is not working nor did it work inthe past
its time now and again l say this loud its time for our Arad spring.
say a prayer tonight for the broken
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