Tag Archives: David Cameron

Number 10 denies Cameron misled MPs on DLA spending

The prime minister has been caught out for the second time giving MPs misleading information about cuts to disability benefits.
David Cameron had been asked last week about the impact on disabled people of the so-called “bedroom tax” – new regulations which will see housing benefit cut for families in social housing who are judged to [...]

Anger at prime minister’s misleading defence of ‘bedroom tax’

The prime minister has caused anger among many disabled people by giving MPs a misleading account of his government’s new “bedroom tax”.
David Cameron claimed at this week’s prime minister’s questions that “people with severely disabled children” and “people who need round-the-clock care” would be exempt from the new housing benefit regulations.
Although some families with children [...]