The meeting will give the Council the opportunity to brief the Minister on the impact of welfare reform on Inverclyde and in particular the impact of the 'bedroom tax'. We will also be pressing for changes to Government policy to lessen these impacts.
In the meantime my colleagues Terry Loughran and James McColgan have submitted the following motion to the Thursday's meeting of the full Council:
"This Council believes that the so-called
‘Bedroom Tax’ is both unfair and unworkable and calls on the UK Government to
abolish it as soon as possible.
The Council also calls upon the Scottish
Government to introduce emergency legislation to protect the tenants of
Councils and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) from eviction for ‘Bedroom Tax’
arrears. In addition the Council calls upon the Scottish Government to provide
financial assistance to Councils and RSLs to allow them to deliver a no
evictions policy in relation to ‘Bedroom Tax’ arrears."
The SNP Group has submitted a rather feeble motion to the same meeting, which seeks to instruct the Chief Executive to write to the local housing associations to asking them to adopt a no evictions policy for arrears arising from the 'bedroom tax'. Like their colleagues in the Scottish Parliament the local SNP talk a good game but when it comes to taking action they are left wanting.
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