The Con-Dems admitted yesterday that some tenants hit by the hated bedroom tax are exempt under little-known regulations revealed by the Star.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed tenants who have claimed housing benefit for the same property since 1996 are exempt.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith's embarrassing climbdown comes after the Star reported last month that housing benefit regulations passed in 2006 provided a loophole.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
GLYN ROBBINS celebrates how tenant-led campaigning forced the government to drop Pay to Stay, fixed-term tenancies and council home sell-offs under Cameron — but warns that Labour’s faith in private developers will require renewed resistance


