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Bedroom tax news

The Liberty backed Judicial Review of the bedroom tax on grounds of Art 8 discrimination against separated families has been given permission. There have been a few FTT decisions on this ground (see the FTT decisions page), so the JR will be quite decisive.

The CPAG/Rutherford Judicial Review, on disabled children needing overnight care, is down for hearing on 14 May 2014

A Statement of Reasons for a Camden FTT that we have already noted has been received [Statement of reasons here] It seems to base the decision as to whether a room is a bedroom on the physical characteristics of the rooms, including the state of repair (although the lack of natural light might be more decisive), but rejects an argument that having to move away from a support network would be discriminatory under Article 14 (disability). The Statement of Reasons has been added to the FTT page.

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