Reform mortgage law so that repossession is last resort says Teather
"No Government programme has ever been as inappropriately named as the Mortgage Rescue Scheme," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing Minister.
"No Government programme has ever been as inappropriately named as the Mortgage Rescue Scheme," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing Minister.
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today challenged Gordon Brown at Prime Minister's Questions on planned cuts to Housing Benefit.  Current Government plans are to scrap excess payments to local housing allowance claimants where their rent is lower than the rate of the allowance. This would see some of the poorest families in the country up to £780 a year worse off.
"Since the taxpayer has rescued the banks, they cannot be allowed to continue suffocating British industry and business generally," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor.
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