{"id":508,"date":"2013-03-30T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T06:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk\/?p=508"},"modified":"2017-08-27T06:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T06:10:10","slug":"no-to-the-bedroom-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"NO TO THE BEDROOM TAX"},"content":{"rendered":"

NO TO THE BEDROOM TAX – DEMO IN EDINBURGH\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 30 March. Meet 12 noon St Andrews Square, march at 12.45pm to Scottish Parliament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

See \u201cBedroom Tax that broke the Cameron Back Protest (Edinburgh)\u201d on\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

THE BEDROOM TAX \u2013 DEFEND YOUR HOME<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From 1st April the bedroom tax will hit many tenants in social housing who receive Housing Benefit and have a so-called extra bedroom. Housing Association and Council tenants who have one \u201cextra\u201d bedroom will lose 14% Housing Benefit, around \u00a313 – \u00a315 per week. Those with 2 or more \u201cextra\u201d bedrooms will suffer a 25% cut, about \u00a320 – \u00a327 per week. This applies if you are under 61 years and five months.<\/span><\/p>\n

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