REACTING to today's legal rullings on the bedroom tax (1), Natalie Bennett, Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, said:
"The Green Party welcomes these landmark court of appeal decisions on the lawfulness of the bedroom tax.
"We have long campaigned to scrap the discriminatory bedroom tax and I am proud that Green councillors around the country have pushed hard for there to be no evictions as a result of the bedroom tax.
"This is a tax that has hit the poor and disabled extremely hard and had a corrosive effect on our society.
"It is high time the government is challenged on its policies which force the poor and disadvantaged to pay for the fraud, mistakes and risk-taking of the bankers.
"With the support of only 24% of eligible voters this government does not have a mandate for the massive damage it is inflicting on our society."
1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35418488