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Any Labour councillors from Wallasey here? If so, this link is for you

http://leftoftheleftoftheleft.tumbl...empts-to-co-opt-grassroots-resistance-to

Maybe this would be a good idea Rottylady. People avoided the window tax which began in 1698 and ran until 1851 by blocking up their windows ....rise up and take off your bedroom doors that'll make your ...house open plan ....without a door a room is not separate ...so no tax to pay. It would be good way to make mischief for a ridiculous uncaring government by forcing lots of court cases to prove a point. A point which should never have been raised in the first place.

Wrong.

Maybe one day somebody will tell people it's not a tax, it's a reassement of benefit,just the usual Labour words to wind people up , it was after all Labour who kicked the idea off, sadly it will happen, to me it's totally wrong, we should be paying MPs only 25% of their wages as they are the ones that created the problems but as usual it's the people who will pay.

rude, is there a protest march on saturday?
have you sent your appeal letter to the council yet?
i sent mine yesterday

yer. noon at Queen Victoria monument. meet there to march to St Georges Hall or get to St Georges Hall at 1pm.

http://www.dpac.uk.net/2013/03/ukun...edrooms-april-13th-london-and-elsewhere/
UKUNCUT’s Spring event – visit a millionaire’s spare bedrooms – April 13th London and elsewhere

Hand delivering my appeal, tomoz.

I received my letter telling me what I have to pay on saturday. They havent given me much notice about it. Just over a week!

Jen, check out this article
http://speye.wordpress.com/2013/03/...o-challenge-the-bedroom-tax-hb-decision/
write this letter to your council ASAP

Dear Sirs,

I received your decision letter dated INSERT DATE and referenced above that imposed an under occupation charge, or bedroom tax of 14% / 25% (delete as appropriate) on my existing award of Housing Benefit.

I consider this unwarranted yet in order to challenge this in the correct way and potentially by way of formal appeal I require further information to be sent to me within 7 days of this letter and the urgency of that is to ensure I have enough time to formulate any such appeal and in full knowledge of the facts of my case within the time allowed; OR in the alternative I request the deadline for any such formal appeal be moved to 21 days after I receive the request information below:

1. A written copy of the Council’s policy and decision-making procedures in relation to referring a socially housed claimant decision to the Rent Officer Service.

2. A full explanation of how the council decided that (INSERT ADDRESS) was determined to be a 3 bed property for the under occupation charge and this to include what involvement if any of my landlord, (INSERT LANDLORD NAME) in this process.

Please state by way of covering letter with the requested information any changed deadline date from above with regard to a formal appeal.

Yours etc

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another article to check out, this applies to all councils not just Sefton council
http://speye.wordpress.com/2013/03/...fully-with-a-3m-cost-to-local-taxpayers/

guitarlad
i was thinking of knocking 2 walls down, and creating 1 gigantic bedroom, somehow i cannot see WPH agreeing to it, your suggestion re bricking the windows up also came to mind, dont think WPH, would agree to that either.

Thanks rotty, I'll do it this afternoon. I dont think its fair they give just overva week notice

They won't.

Time to downsize.

http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/1...n_to_combat__wicked__bedroom_tax/?ref=la

Frank Field is advocating some innovative solutions!

Good on you Frank, at least you have some integrity and moral backbone,in contrast to the evil & odious Esther McVey!

You do realise that he's MP for Birkenhead and if he doesn't go against these measures then the majority of people in his constituency will 'lose out'!?