'Bedroom tax' has 'failed to save taxpayer £115m'
The so-called bedroom tax has failed to save the taxpayer £115 million of the £445 million that was expected, a leading social policy charity has found.
'Bedroom tax' Dad blasts 'dreadful' benefit reform
A father of a disabled boy who will have to pay money back under the "bedroom tax" has hit out at the "dreadful" scheme.
Jimmy Daly from Stoke told Daybreak he was moved into his current two-bedroom home to help him cope with his son's disabilities, but because his son does not live with him full time, Jim has to pay some money back.
"I was moved in here because of his disabilities, and now they're saying because your son is disabled you have to pay this dreadful tax. It's wrong."
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