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Here in Britain, disabled people who claim Housing Benefit are some of the people affected by the 'Bedroom Tax'. ( Read more... )

Wow. Just wow ( Read more... )

http://www.chronicchronicles.co.uk/blog/2013/11/06/victory-against-bedroom-tax-by-person-with-disability/

There was a storm here in Britain recently, leaving many homes without power. I wasn't affected this time but it led me to follow up a rumour that disabled people can register for priority reconnection. It's not clear to me what this could mean in practice - if a power line's down, it's down until mended - but perhaps individual households get ( Read more... )

I got a letter from my housing association over my rent arrears today. My rent arrears due to the bedroom tax - grrr. I was going to pay my arrears today anyway, but the amount wasn't right. It was approximately £140 higher than it should have been ( Read more... )

I was recently switched from incapacity benefit to the support group of contributions-based ESA. Because it doesn't automatically entitle me to other benefits (housing, council tax, and possibly glasses, dental and prescriptions), a friend of mine suggested I ask to swap to the income-based ESA ( Read more... )

I don't know how many of you will have heard about the 'bedroom tax' the government is bringing in. Basically, if you're in social housing (council house, housing association property), you receive housing benefit, and you have more bedrooms than you actually need, then you will be penalised by not having all your rent paid. The majority of ( Read more... )

An interesting story about mortgage relief for disabled people is highlighted today on disableduk.

This is in the news. Given what's happening to disability benefits now, and the way disabled people are getting talked about (scroungers, fakers etc) it strikes me that this murder is being reported as though every right-thinking person would be horrified by what these lowlifes did. Yes indeed it's horrifying. But do we deserve sympathy only after ( Read more... )