Bedroom tax 'costs more to enforce'

Implementing the controversial "bedroom tax" in Northern Ireland would cost more than the policy is designed to save, research has found.

Reducing housing benefit payments to tenants of social homes who are not using all their bedrooms would deliver savings of £17 million a year, but it would cost £21 million per annum to manage the scheme, according to two leading housing bodies in the region.
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