Chris Bryant MP, Labour’s Shadow DWP Minister, responding to BBC research on the Bedroom Tax, said:

“The Tories are so out of touch they just don’t get it.  This proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the Bedroom Tax was always designed as a tax on the poorest and most vulnerable.

"Trapped with nowhere else to go, thousands of people have had no choice but to fork out an extra £14 a week. David Cameron’s Government have pretended this was all about helping people who are overcrowded, but in truth the Bedroom Tax is a cruel, unfair and appallingly administered policy.

"The Government should scrap the bedroom tax immediately.  If they won’t, Labour will.”

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