Bedroom Tax & Council Tax Campaign Council Lobby

Meetings

There are 2 meetings planned in Nottingham:

St Anns

Tuesday 10 September 7pm

Chase Neighbourhood Centre,
Robin Hood Chase

St Anns
NG3 4EZ

Clifton

Wednesday 11 September 7pm

Park Gate Community Centre
Chamberlain Close (Off Nobel Road) 

Clifton

NG11 8RX

Campaigning, Information & Support

All Welcome.

Lobby Council

Recently we saw the campaign group lobby the full City Council meeting over the bedroom tax.

Large numbers of people who through the new so called welfare reforms are told they have too many bedrooms and disgracefully are having their benefit cut.

This was a successful lobby and kept the bedroom tax on the agenda with Nottingham City Homes.

The news item aired by the BBC on East Midlands today carried an interview by one of the members of the campaign as well as a local woman who is having to give up her home whilst her son is away at college. Both the interviews showed how these reforms were affecting people because of a shortage of single room properties not only in Nottingham but the whole country.

The lobby itself attracted a lot of attention from members of the public who signed the petition against bedroom tax, many who signed disagreed with the bedroom tax even though they were not directly affected.

The lobby had support from Greg Marshall from neighbouring Broxtowe Borough who is councillor for Beeston West as well is support from local trade unionists from the Communication Workers Union, Unison and the Civil Sevice union, the PCS.

If you are affected by the bedroom tax and would like further information, help or advice, the defend Council tax benefits campaign are holding the group meeting at 7pm on 20th of August 2013 at the Chase neighbourhood centre, St Anns where people can come and discuss issues they are facing and get help and support from people who are also facing the bedroom tax problem.
Links to Trades Council photos of the lobby and a meeting in Mansfield below

http://www.nottstuc.org/2013/07/photos-from-todays-bedroom-tax-lobby.html?m=1

http://www.nottstuc.org/2013/07/packed-meeting-against-bedroom-tax-in.html?m=1

In Solidarity

Defend Council Tax Benefits Campaign Group.

Where to get advice

Here is a list of welfare advice centres for the Nottingham City Area

Lobby Council at full council meeting 8th July

If you want to take part, please turn up on the day.

Letter to Council Challenging Reduction of Housing Benefits

If you want to challenge the council on the under occupancy, AKA Bedroom Tax, here are two template letters asking for further information and also a follow up letter template should you get no response.

The first letter template to use that you send to the council is to request information.

If you get no reply from the council then your next step is to follow up that letter with a complaint to the council for failing to respond to your first letter.

You should keep a copy of both letters you send and it is advisable that you obtain from the post office a proof of postage if you do not send the letter as recorded delivery.

Failure to respond, the template below is used for when your request has not been complied with.

Local Action Meeting