"Bedroom tax" nghĩa là gì?


"Bedroom tax" = thuế phòng ngủ -> nghĩa là tên gọi suồng sã cho chính sách ban hành năm 2012 bởi Chính phủ Anh, giảm tiền trợ cấp thuê nhà cho người nghèo nếu nhà có nhiều phòng ngủ hơn mức cần thiết.

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They do, though, have to find the resources to pay for these themselves, which they have done to mitigate (giảm bớt) the Bedroom Tax and make Scottish Child Payments. However, such payments will not be reflected in their main source of resources – the block grant.

The number of households in Great Britain hit by the bedroom tax has risen by nearly 50,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures published today by the Department for Work and Pensions.

The bedroom tax, which was introduced amid (ở giữa) a storm of controversy (tranh cãi) in 2013, applies to council and housing association tenants (chủ đất) who receive either old-style housing benefit or housing costs payments under the newer Universal Credit system.

The Scottish and Northern Irish governments fully mitigate (giảm nhẹ) the benefit shortfalls (thâm hụt) incurred by tenants hit by the bedroom tax, but this is not the case in England and Wales.

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