There was some detailed polling out on November the 8th. – carried out by Ipsos MORI for the Department for Work and Pension – showing strong support for the Government’s reform reducing the spare room subsidy for social housing tenants, bringing it more in line with the situation for those 3+ million households in the private rental sector and reflecting the choices that home owners have to make when matching accomodation to need.
This is especially gratifying given the amount of effort the Labour Party have put in with misleading propaganda attacking the policy – notably, of course, the dishonest labelling of the reform as the “bedroom tax.”
It is not just the Labour Party. The trade unions, left wing sections of the media and assorted far left agitprop groups have made this a campaign priority. They have thrown the kitchen sink at it. No effort has been spared in the streets, in the courts, in parliament, on the airwaves. Yet the public remain supportive. Overall approval runs at 49 per cent, with 33 per cent opposed.
You would find that hard to believe if you listened to the local Labour Councillors in Wakefield. Clearly they have little thought for those people in overcrowded accomodation who would be glad to have access to spare rooms that are blocked across the district.
This and related articles courtesy of Conservative Home
You would find that hard to believe if you listened to the local Labour Councillors in Wakefield. Clearly they have little thought for those people in overcrowded accomodation who would be glad to have access to spare rooms that are blocked across the district.
This and related articles courtesy of Conservative Home
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