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Bed tax reprieve for disabled man faced with eviction
Judge postpones possession order on a disabled man specially adapted home

A disabled man threatened with eviction over bedroom tax debt expressed relief yesterday after a judge postponed a possession order on his specially adapted Swansea home.

Phil Morgan, who has lost both legs, fell behind on rent payments for his two-bedroom bungalow as a result of the Con-Dem's cruel tax.

But he won the right to remain in his home over Christmas at a civil court hearing on Tuesday while he applies for a permanent exemption.

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