The Bedroom Tax Will Lead to the Further Impoverishment of Vision Impaired People
Tom Pey
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Posted 17.04.2013
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UK Politics
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Royal London Society for Blind People,
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Iain Duncan Smith,
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Boris Johnson,
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New research by national sight loss charity RNIB has revealed that 17,000 vision impaired people of working age look set to be displaced from their homes as a result of the Bedroom Tax. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, they will have to choose between relocating or losing a portion of their benefits (which will be on average £14 a week; a sizeable sum when you are already struggling to make ends meet).
