Westminster proposals to cut housing benefit for people under 25 will affect more than 1,500 young people and around 700 children in Dundee, the SNP claim.
Barring under-25s from claiming housing benefit is part of UK Government plans to cut £25 billion from public spending.
But Dundee’s SNP politicians have attacked the plans, saying many of the under-25s claiming housing benefit are parents whose children would naturally suffer.
They say there are 633 children in a single-parent household in Dundee receiving housing benefit and a further 75 child dependents in two-parent households.Will you be affected by the proposals? Get in touch by phoning 01382 575130 or email news@thecourier.co.ukDundee City East MSP Shona Robison says these latest proposals underline the need for a Yes vote in the independence referendum.
Ms Robison said: “Westminster’s skewed priorities will directly hit young people and children and increase the risk of homelessness.
“With a Yes vote an SNP Government in an independent Scotland will end these unfair policies, scrap the bedroom tax and create a fairer welfare system that protects the most vulnerable people in Scotland.”
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