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A group of disabled people have lost a court challenge to cuts in social housing benefit for residents with spare bedrooms in England, Wales and Scotland.
The High Court said the policy, dubbed a "bedroom tax" by critics, was not unlawfully discriminatory.
But it criticised the government for failing to follow a 2012 ruling that said housing benefit should not be cut where disabled children were involved.
The group said they would appeal.....................
A group of disabled people have lost a court challenge to cuts in social housing benefit for residents with spare bedrooms in England, Wales and Scotland.
The High Court said the policy, dubbed a "bedroom tax" by critics, was not unlawfully discriminatory.
But it criticised the government for failing to follow a 2012 ruling that said housing benefit should not be cut where disabled children were involved.
The group said they would appeal.....................
