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A Commons backlash against the bedroom tax began in earnest yesterday with MPs voting by a majority of 75 to reduce its impact.
Disgruntled Tory Philip Davies complained that the coalition government “has come to an end” after Labour united with the Conservatives’ junior partners to support back-bench Lib Dem Andrew George’s Affordable Homes Bill by 306 votes to 231.
If ultimately passed into law it would exempt disabled people with specially adapted homes, those with genuine need of a spare room and tenants who are not given a “reasonable offer” of alternative housing with the correct number of bedrooms.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
