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Government loses two bedroom tax cases. (Original Post) Bad Dog Jan 2016 OP
Good news! LeftishBrit Jan 2016 #1
You're right those groups should have been exempted, Bad Dog Jan 2016 #2
Which, according to the BBC, is what they're going to do. Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #3
The grandfather was interviewed on BBC News 24. Bad Dog Jan 2016 #4

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)
1. Good news!
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 07:04 AM
Jan 2016

Of course, it does not strike down the bedroom tax in general; but even protecting disabled children and domestic violence victims is important. It is criminal that the government did not exempt these groups in the first place (even apart from the fact that the bedroom tax is criminal in the first place!)

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
2. You're right those groups should have been exempted,
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 07:31 AM
Jan 2016

but that won't stop the government appealing against the ruling.

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
4. The grandfather was interviewed on BBC News 24.
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 02:45 PM
Jan 2016

He's not a well man either. It's a disgrace, but Kudos to the BBC for following it with a story about Cameron defending the Google tax rip off.

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