Caring and shrewd’ PM must scrap bedroom tax

‘Caring and shrewd’ PM must scrap bedroom tax

First published Friday 15 May 2015 in Oxford Mail 2015

I WAS very encouraged to learn that David Cameron is proposing to decriminalise non-TV licence payers.
During my Masters degree in Criminology I learnt that many poor women with young children were being sent to Holloway simply for being unable to afford the licence fee and the £1,000 fine.
Thus an unjust return to the Dickensian days of debtors prison was occurring in our modern times.
I now see the new Conservatives are compassionate politicians.
I therefore sincerely hope that our caring Prime Minister overrules Lord Freud’s bedroom tax as this was a political mistake that inadvertently fuelled the meteoric rise of the SNP.
Furthermore, this strategic error has led to rows upon rows of empty three-bedroom houses in the North of England that landlords are no longer able to rent out.
So, from every conceivable political angle, this supposedly money-saving strategy of Lord Freud was a gargantuan error. I sincerely hope that our caring and shrewd Prime Minister will rectify matters soon.
SUSAN THOMAS
Magdalen Road
Oxford

Comments (2)

Please log in to enable comment sorting

4:32pm Fri 15 May 15

Andrew:Oxford says...

Don't worry. It won't be long until the funding of the BBC is changed to a more commercial structure.

As to empty houses in the North. This is driven from a small sample in Merseyside. In November the housing associations there had 150 empty larger homes and a 10 year waiting list for one bedroom properties.

Have you considered moving to the North yourself? It would potentially release your home to a vulnerable family. I've worked in Liverpool and the people are really lovely.

Score: -7

4:56am Sun 17 May 15

The New Private Eye says...

That is great that it has led to rows of empty homes in The North. That means less of my tax money given to Slum Landlords in the form of H.B. I will bet you that none of the empty houses are Council properties. Do not take us for idiots Suzy