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Get a lodger!
Did anyone ask him if he knew how treatment of income from a lodger works in legacy benefits?
He probably forgot there are legacy benefits. Everyone associated with the DWP seems only to be interested is saying how wonderful UC is these days.
Classic ....
George responded with incredulity: “These are large families, they’ve often got three children in one bedroom. How are they going to take in a lodger?”
Tomlinson said this was an argument in favour of the government’s bedroom tax: “If there’s three children in one bedroom then you should start joining us in supporting releasing more family homes through or spare room subsidy changes.”
This is reminiscent of the Coalition minister who thought people could recover the cost of the bedroom tax “by working another couple of hours a week”, apparently oblivious to what effect extra earnings would have.