0 an informal name for a UK government policy introduced in 2012 that reduced the amount of housing benefit (= money to help poorer people pay their rent) paid to people living in houses that were considered to have more bedrooms than they needed --
Critics have referred to the policy as a bedroom tax whereas supporters of the change have referred to the unreformed system as a spare room subsidy.
Willott also came under sustained pressure from political opponents over her support for the bedroom tax.
Detractors have widely referred to the penalty as a bedroom tax, while government advocates of the scheme have used the term spare room subsidy.
Can he tell us today: does he want the floor tax or the roof tax, the bed-and-breakfast tax or the bedroom tax, the capital value tax or the extension tax?
This clause promotes the idea of a tourist or bedroom tax.
What about a bedroom tax, with people getting a do-it-yourself kit to knock down dividing walls?
We have had the head tax, the floor tax, the skull tax, the bed-and-breakfast tax, the capital values tax and the bedroom tax.
