'A sofabed is enough for kids visiting their dad at weekends' Lord Freud on "bedroom tax"

Jan 14, 2013, 12:10 PM

If you live in social housing and have a spare room, from April you're going to face a cut to your benefits or be asked to move to a smaller house. The so called "bedroom tax" is part of the government's Welfare Reform Act and it's expected to affect around 660,000 tenants across the UK. We asked the minister for welfare reform Lord Freud to respond to people who think they will be affected.