aninformalnamefor a UKgovernmentpolicyintroducedin 2012 thatreducedtheamountofhousingbenefit(=moneytohelppoorerpeoplepaytheirrent)paidtopeoplelivinginhousesthat wereconsideredto have morebedroomsthan theyneeded
We have had the head tax, the floor tax, the skull tax, the bed-and-breakfast tax, the capital values tax and thebedroomtax.
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What about abedroomtax, with people getting a do-it-yourself kit to knock down dividing walls?
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This clause promotes the idea of a tourist orbedroomtax.
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Can he tell us today: does he want the floor tax or the roof tax, the bed-and-breakfast tax or thebedroomtax, the capital value tax or the extension tax?
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Detractors have widely referred to the penalty as abedroomtax, while government advocates of the scheme have used the term spare room subsidy.
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Willott also came under sustained pressure from political opponents over her support for thebedroomtax.
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Critics have referred to the policy as abedroomtaxwhereas supporters of the change have referred to the unreformed system as a spare room subsidy.
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