{"id":4443,"date":"2013-09-21T12:49:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T12:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=4443"},"modified":"2013-09-26T08:59:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T08:59:39","slug":"labour-fights-against-bedroom-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/politics-2\/2013\/09\/labour-fights-against-bedroom-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Fights Against Bedroom Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By William Mills<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4447\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/politics-2\/2013\/09\/labour-fights-against-bedroom-tax\/attachment\/100_5439\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4447\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4447\" alt=\"photo of Nancy Platts\" src=\"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_5439-570x340.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_5439-570x340.jpg 570w, https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_5439-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Platts. Labour PPC Brighton Kemptown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Labour&#8217;s Nancy Platts<\/strong>, has welcomed the news that Labour will scrap the bedroom tax if elected in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nancy Platts<\/strong>, the candidate in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, had campaigned against the tax because she had met people who were terrified of losing their homes because they couldn\u2019t afford to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy said: &#8220;<strong>Tory MP Simon Kirby<\/strong> should be ashamed that he voted for the bedroom tax which left over 400 people in <strong>Brighton Kemptown<\/strong>\u00a0 living in fear of losing their home. People who have lived here for many years were told that they must pay up or move out. \u00a0The vast majority were not offered alternative accommodation and people were left feeling frightened and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party,<\/b> will on Saturday commit the next Labour government to repealing David Cameron\u2019s bedroom tax, and announce he and Ed Balls have already earmarked funds to pay for it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in<strong> Brighton<\/strong> at the start of the Labour Party conference, <strong>Mr Miliband said<\/strong> the Bedroom Tax has become a symbol of an out of touch government standing up only for the interests of a privileged few.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Nation <strong>Labour<\/strong> is meeting here in <strong>Brighton<\/strong> talking about the most important issue facing families in Britain: the cost of living crisis.\u00a0\u201cUnder <strong>David Cameron<\/strong> life is getting harder and harder with prices rising faster than wages in 38 of the 39 months that he has been in <strong>Downing Street<\/strong>. And working people are an average of almost \u00a31,500 a year worse off under his government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we have a <strong>Tory<\/strong>-led Government which listens only to a privileged few. Tax cuts for millionaires and tax breaks for hedge funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am leading a different <strong>Labour Party<\/strong>, a One Nation <strong>Labour<\/strong> Party, which listens to and will stand up for ordinary families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bedroom tax \u2013 not what the Tories call the spare room subsidy \u2013 the bedroom tax: a symbol of an out of touch, uncaring <strong>Tory<\/strong> government that stands up for the privileged few \u2013 but never for you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we will scrap that tax.\u00a0That\u2019s what a <strong>One Nation Labour<\/strong> government will do. 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