Housing

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Tory benefit cuts target the poorest households

Tenants across Britain are straining under the weight of the Tories’ bedroom tax. 
07 May 2013
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London landlords prepare for evictions

People who fall into rent arrears thanks to the Tories’ bedroom tax and benefit cap could face eviction. 
07 May 2013
Anti-bedroom tax activist says - 'I won't let this happen without a fightback'
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Anti-bedroom tax activist says – ‘I won’t let this happen without a fightback’

People flocked from all over Scotland to join the first conference of the All Scotland Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation in Glasgow last Saturday. 
30 April 2013
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Anti-bedroom tax meetings kickstart a fightback

New campaigns against the bedroom tax and benefit cuts are springing up across Britain. 
30 April 2013
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Hundreds march as Tory cuts hit poorest hardest

Around 350 people protested against cuts and the bedroom tax in Middlesbrough last Saturday.
30 April 2013
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Background Check

Affordable housing sold off to ‘social landlords’

Today just 7 percent of England’s population live in council homes. When Margaret Thatcher came to office it was almost half.
16 April 2013
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Peabody Trust set up to house the ‘deserving’ poor

One of London’s biggest housing associations today is the Peabody Trust. 
16 April 2013
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Benefit cuts protesters demand justice

Thousands of people in four London boroughs had their housing benefit cut from Monday of this week to fit under the Tories’ new cap.
16 April 2013
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Don’t pay, don’t move—clog up their system

Residents’ protests are demanding that their landlords—whether housing associations or local authorities—stand with them against the bedroom tax.
16 April 2013
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‘Who wants to evict a millionaire?’ ask protests

The ministers behind the bedroom tax are millionaires with spare mansions. The UK Uncut group organised protests on their doorsteps last Saturday.
16 April 2013
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Campaigns grow against the Tories’ hated bedroom tax

People are taking to the streets across Britain to fight attacks on their benefits
16 April 2013
Glasgow tenants ramp up pressure over bedroom tax
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Glasgow tenants ramp up pressure over bedroom tax

Protesters targeted housing associations in the Glasgow region on Wednesday, demanding they stand by tenants who are being hit by the Tories’ bedroom tax.
11 April 2013