On Wednesday (17 December) Labour MPs voted to immediately abolish the Bedroom Tax, which has left around half a million of Britain’s households £700 worse off. Ed Miliband has promised that a Labour government in 2015 would abolish the tax, which unfairly punishes...
Emma questioned the Liberal Democrats’ commitment to reforming the Bedroom Tax today, as she demanded Nick Clegg explain why his party had failed to support a Labour Bill that would have exempted over 60,000 carers from the tax. Emma asked the Deputy Prime Minister:...
On Friday Emma joined Labour MPs to support the Affordable Homes Bill, which would make people exempt from paying the Bedroom Tax if they had a specially adapted home to help them with a disability, as well as ensuring that only people who had refused a genuine offer...
On Monday Emma raised the case of a constituent affected by the Coalition’s Bedroom Tax. Because of this Coalition policy, Emma’s constituent has seen her benefits cut to the point where she lives on less than a pound a day. Emma told the Work and Pensions Secretary,...
At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday Emma raised the case of Mr Darren Lugg from South Shields, who has been unfairly hit by the Bedroom Tax. Emma asked the Prime Minister: “My constituent Darren Lugg’s disability means that he needs a specially adapted bed so...
