The bedroom tax
Marlêne Cantan-Taylor shares her concern about some disturbing consequences of the bedroom tax
The subject is so ghastly that I have little inclination to dwell upon it, but it must be addressed. It stands as a damning indictment of government policy towards the most vulnerable in society. I am talking, of course, about the case of Stephanie Bottrill, who was driven by financial stress, exacerbated by the bedroom tax, to commit suicide by stepping in front of a lorry on the M6 one morning in May 2013. She left a note to her family saying: ‘Don’t blame yourself for me ending my life. The only people to blame are the two party government’.
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