Beyond Porter!

Published: 9 July, 2010

• NEW limits on the rents on which Housing Benefit will be payable, to be introduced by the government, will mean that 84 per cent of families in Westminster currently receiving it will lose out and face being made homeless or pushed further into poverty or forced out of Westminster.

The figures, uncovered by Labour councillors, show that of the current 5,430 Housing Benefit claims in Westminster, 4,592 (84 per cent) would be over the new limits.

These figures show that Westminster families face a real crisis.

This could lead to homelessness on a massive scale, families on the streets or pushed further into poverty.

Thousands of poorer families could be forced out, making Shirley Porter’s illegal Homes for Votes scandal appear like a sideshow.

CLLR PAUL DIMOLDENBERG
Leader of the Labour Group