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UK government ends bedroom tax in Scotland.

By *nny OP Man over a year ago

Glasgow

The UK government is to devolve the power to set the cap on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in Scotland.

The payments have been used by the Scottish government to mitigate the impact of housing benefit changes.

Scottish ministers had called for a cap to be lifted on the amount of DHP payments it was able to make.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27257700

By *ichaelangelaCouple over a year ago

notts

"The UK government is to devolve the power to set the cap on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in Scotland.

The payments have been used by the Scottish government to mitigate the impact of housing benefit changes.

Scottish ministers had called for a cap to be lifted on the amount of DHP payments it was able to make.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27257700"

and what about the rest of the country?? will it be rolled out all over??

not that it affects us but we have some friends who are struggling

By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

YEs it will stop all over soon as well.. just complain to your ombudsman and inn most cases ur bedroom tax might be droped, it was on tv.

By *nny OP Man over a year ago

Glasgow

I hadn't heard it was to be UK wide.

By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

so now as well as free prescriptions...

By *ScotsmanMan over a year ago

ayrshire

By *icketysplitsWoman over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I hadn't heard it was to be UK wide."

I haven't heard it's to be UK wide. This a devolution/better together offer to Scotland... "taking a pragmatic approach" to all things Scottish.

By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The fun thing is when scotland becomes independent and not in the uk the tax will return lol.

By *ScotsmanMan over a year ago

ayrshire

i thought if Scotland went independent that down south would be over the moon at being conservative from here to eternity

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