Tackling the Bedroom Tax
Sandra Osborne MP has welcomed the decision of the UK government to devolve the power to set the cap on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in Scotland. This is the funding available to councils and housing associations to help tenants hit with the Bedroom Tax.
Sandra said,
"The Scottish and UK governments have so far been more interested in sparring with each other on this, rather than come to a solution which works.
"Now that we finally have an agreed means of effectively ending the impact of the 'bedroom tax' in Scotland, the Scottish government must now act and give councils and housing associations clear and unequivocal assurances over DHP payments. Scottish Labour has been wholly vindicated on this since we have claimed from the start that with the political will we could deal with the impact of the bedroom tax in Scotland right now. Labour is committed to scrap the tax altogether if we win the general election next year. So the best way of ending the 'bedroom tax' forever is to elect Ed Miliband in 2015."
Sandra Osborne MP has welcomed the decision of the UK government to devolve the power to set the cap on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in Scotland. This is the funding available to councils and housing associations to help tenants hit with the Bedroom Tax.
Sandra said,
"The Scottish and UK governments have so far been more interested in sparring with each other on this, rather than come to a solution which works.
"Now that we finally have an agreed means of effectively ending the impact of the 'bedroom tax' in Scotland, the Scottish government must now act and give councils and housing associations clear and unequivocal assurances over DHP payments. Scottish Labour has been wholly vindicated on this since we have claimed from the start that with the political will we could deal with the impact of the bedroom tax in Scotland right now. Labour is committed to scrap the tax altogether if we win the general election next year. So the best way of ending the 'bedroom tax' forever is to elect Ed Miliband in 2015."