The BBC’s Mark Easton raised hopes that there might yet be a last minute reprieve for couple needing two bedrooms because of the disabled person’s condition who are set to lose out under the bedroom tax.
Mencap, Macmillan Cancer Support, Disability Rights UK, Carers Trust and Contact a Family – wrote an open letter to Chancellor George Osborne and Mr Duncan Smith. In it they expressed their concerns about the impact of the new policy on disabled people and families caring for disabled family members.