Yes your caring Sandwell Labour council prevented 3,600 from claiming a council tax reduction
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If Sandwell council had given any thought to this policy, or held a consultation it might have realised this earlier.
Instead thousands of people have been threatened with arrears and some people, even those who like these claimants were originally born and bred in Sandwell, have been forced to move away.'
The judge went on to say
the actions were discriminatory and irrational.
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Consultation in Sandwell ?
We are still awaiting the outcome of the forum meeting consultation, but to those who thing this has finished think again, even after The Child Poverty Action Group said the policy hit local vulnerable people the most.
This caring Labour council is considering an appeal
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Most interesting. Where does this leave the IDS benefit reforms. The same quote can be applied to many of those. Spare room penalty has been succesfully challenged in many places yet I see no sign of it changing. Having said that the controllers in Sandwell are, on this, no better than IDS. Gits.
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