One thing to look out for during today’s Commons debate on the bedroom tax, called by Labour, will be the number of Lib Dems who vote against the measure. At its recent conference, the party backed a motion calling for “an immediate evaluation of the impact of the policy” and for “a redrafting of clear housing needs guidelines in association with those representing vulnerable groups including the disabled, elderly and children.”
Until new guidelines are in place, it argued that there should be no withdrawal of housing benefit from those on the waiting list for social housing and that there should be an exemption for those who “temporarily have a smaller housing need due to a change in their circumstances, but whose need will predictably return to a higher level (e.g. whose children will pass the age limits for separate rooms within that period)”.
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