Osborne’s crude cuts to housing benefit could mean tens of thousands of people losing their homes - John Healey
John Healey MP Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Housing and Planning, commenting on new reports of the effect the Chancellor’s planned cuts to housing benefit are having on specialist accommodation for elderly and vulnerable people said:
“George Osborne’s crude cuts to housing benefit could mean tens of thousands of people losing their homes, including elderly people with dementia, veterans and women fleeing domestic violence.
“The consequences of these cuts are being felt right now, with the building of thousands of new homes stopped or scrapped because of Ministers’ failure to act.
“Labour will continue to lead the opposition to these crude cuts. George Osborne must halt these dangerous plans and consult fully with housing providers to safeguard this essential specialist housing.”
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