Grieving mum found hanged near Bedroom Tax eviction letter

The idea that an ordinary reasonable person would kill themselves because they have to pay the bedroom tax is a bit daft. Clearly there was something wrong with her mentally at the time. We should do more for people like her to counsel them if possible through their issues, but to blame this on a tax is just plain wrong.

Just want to say as someone who supports austerity this is absolutely heartbreaking and obviously someone in this situation should not have to pay bedroom tax.

I think the government should reconsider this policy and evaluate whether too many people are unfairly treated by it to continue its implementation.

I thought one fo the good thing about right wing conservative governments was supposed to be that they leave you alone. Not threaten eviction for not paying tax fo raving an empty bedroom...

While Amazon, Starbucks, Google and Apple get away scot free. Not to also mention the many high profile celebrities, CEO s and many other rich people that avoid tax and the companies and lawyers that help them to do so. This is what happens when you vote conservative lads.

The problem with the austerity you support is that by its nature it doesn't consider the plight of individuals. This is a real consequence of austerity and it's kind of hypocritical to support austerity but be heartbroken by this.

Supporting austerity means supporting reduced spending. Making cuts in the wrong places is possible. The bedroom tax seems to be a bad way to make savings and therefore it is not hypocritical to question it.

No one who supports austerity likes hearing about this sort of thing or supports austerity because they want to hear about this. We support it because we believe that in the long run it is beneficial for the country as a whole.

The idea that an ordinary reasonable person would kill themselves because they have to pay the bedroom tax is a bit daft. Clearly there was something wrong with her mentally at the time. We should do more for people like her to counsel them if possible through their issues, but to blame this on a tax is just plain wrong.

Well, yeah, her son had just killed himself. That was probably it.

Google agreed literally this week to pay a pile of back-taxes to the treasury.

Not that any of this is remotely relevant anyway.

Very very sad. That's what you get when everything is controlled robotically. The human element is forgotten.

The amount that they are paying back is a joke, 3.4% after all these years, if only we all could pay that . Most working people pay seven times that amount proportionately. Google aren't even getting a fine for late payment and they still have the audacity to rip apart the NHS and severely reduce funding everywhere?!? Not to also mention the aforementioned companies plus more that continue to evade tax. Backward or corrupt, you decide.

IDS continues to murder poor people and all TSR Tories can do, in emulation of their heroes on the government benches, is quibble over what to call the bedroom tax.

The amount that they are paying back is a joke, 3.4% after all these years, if only we all could pay that . Most working people pay seven times that amount proportionately. Google aren't even getting a fine for late payment and they still have the audacity to rip apart the NHS and severely reduce funding everywhere?!? Not to also mention the aforementioned companies plus more that continue to evade tax. Backward or corrupt, you decide.