40 Reasons to Vote Labour
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REASON 16<br />
THE BEDROOM TAX<br />
The conservative government dealt up an idea where people renting homes<br />
with a spare room would be "encouraged" <strong>to</strong> move <strong>to</strong> smaller<br />
accommodation thus freeing up the large homes for those with a need for<br />
the additional space.<br />
Surely it wouldn't take a genius <strong>to</strong> realise that this wasn't going <strong>to</strong> work.<br />
There are all sorts of reasons why people live in the homes that they do and<br />
the word itself "home carries with it really important connotations of<br />
stability, comfort, security and even significant emotional attachment. Add<br />
in the fact that suitable home for people <strong>to</strong> move in<strong>to</strong> were not available<br />
(perhaps due largely <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>ry's previous exercise in selling off council<br />
homes).<br />
People would be penalised if they stayed in the house with extra bedrooms<br />
even if they was no realistic prospect of moving.<br />
It was and is an evil and badly conceived measure and has not achieved the<br />
result the <strong>to</strong>ries were aiming for.<br />
The opposition that is roundly condemned for not opposing the government<br />
did indeed oppose very strongly but listening <strong>to</strong> reason was never <strong>to</strong>o high<br />
on the <strong>to</strong>ry government's agenda and the measure was put through.<br />
<strong>Labour</strong> will end this monstrous tax.<br />
VOTE LABOUR BECAUSE WE MUST END THIS INIQUITOUS<br />
TAX THAT HURTS THOSE LEAST ABLE TO AFFORD IT AND<br />
HAS MADE NO DIFFERENCE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF<br />
HOMES