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Tory Iain Duncan Smith's bedroom tax stands on the brink of collapse today after experts exposed a loophole which could trigger an avalanche of expensive appeals.
Thousands of tenants who have claimed housing benefit continously since 1996 are exempt under little-known regulations passed by the last Labour government.
And experts believe all 660,000 households hit by the Con-Dems cruel tax could use the legislation to lodge an appeal.
In part IV of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells how austerity minister Francis Maude’s attempt to destroy the PCS Civil Service union totally backfired
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
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
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