Campaigners representing disability rights groups held a vigil outside the Supreme Court as proceedings commenced for five cases relating to the way that the government's so-called "Bedroom Tax" is applied to people with severe disabilities who need an extra bedroom in their home for medical equipment or for carers or partners to stay overnight, and also for women who have been subjected to life-threatening domestic abuse who have had panic rooms installed in their homes by the police.

Disability and women’s rights activists hold Supreme Court vigil as Bedroom Tax cases are

Campaigners representing disability rights groups held a vigil outside the Supreme Court as proceedings commenced for five cases relating to the way that the government’s so-called “Bedroom Tax” is applied to people with severe disabilities who need an extra bedroom in their home for medical equipment or for carers or partners to stay overnight, and also for women who have been subjected to life-threatening domestic abuse who have had panic rooms installed in their homes by the police.

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