Are we heading for another U-turn?

[rov1100]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14004551

[ichkeria]

Eric Pickles is a man of astounding girth, but very little stature, physical or otherwise. The best U-turn would be for this governent to U-turn straight back into opposition.

[jno]

yikes, not just yet, ichkeria, Labour have no idea where they're going or what they're doing at the moment.

[cazzz1975]

the benefits cap is on housing benefit is £ 500 pounds a week! thats 2000pcm in rent, I think thats pretty generous still in terms of rent!

[sandyRoe]

It is a lot of money. But it wouldn't get much in London.

[cazzz1975]

dont live in london then.. :)

[cazzz1975]

just looking on rightmove, you can get loads of properties to rent at under 2000pcm, go and have a look, nice properties as well

like this one in bath http://www.rightmove....roperty-30168008.html

[whiskeryron]

Can anyone really quote what the figure should be to be fair to everyone after all the people who state the figures ( government ministers) haven't a clue what it must be like to try & survive without a job & trying to cope with rents & mortgages & feed a family. We've all heard about people living off the state & I know for a fact that they are not all malingerers.It's all very well for folks to be told to go & get a job,but where are all these jobs to be found ? Ron.

[cazzz1975]

I'm not sure that people on HB would have the £3000 deposit required for that property in Bath....


its a normal sized deposit sadly, most if not all rental properties require a similar size deposit

[ichkeria]

"Labour have no idea where they're going or what they're doing at the moment. "

Unlike the current "government" of course :-)

[Le Chat]

As far a deposits are concerned, there is a bond scheme available that, without going into the nitty gritty, means that the tenant does not have to find such a large deposit. That's if the Landlord agrees to take it on.

[Quizmonster]

U-turn? Cameron has had to make so many u-turns that all he needs now is a tall Sufi hat and a voluminous skirt to qualify as a fully-trained Whirling Dervish!
One wouldn't mind so much but, when in opposition, any such activity on the then Government's part was invariably described as a "humiliating climbdown", but now he actually claims each one represents leadership and strength!

[emmie]

it would get you quite a lot in London actually, 500 quid a week, 2,000 quid a month absurd. Its private landlords who have been allowed to charge what they like, part of the problem, and who set the tariff at such a high level, as said on another thread, there are thousands of empty properties here, but council would rather leave them empty, than get tenants in, give them a grant to do up the place, then charge them a fair rent. Our council is selling off good council housing stock, bought up by property developers, done up for peanuts, then flogged off for millions.