The 'Bedroom Tax' will not be introduced in Northern Ireland, according to Sinn Féin.

Bedroom Tax is a change to Housing Benefit Entitlement that means tenants will receive less in housing benefit if they live in a housing association or council property that is deemed to have one or more spare bedrooms.

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Mr Fra McCann MLA said despite "scaremongering" from some quarters it will not apply in NI.

He said: "A package of mitigations, secured by Sinn Féin, is in place so that tenants here will not be penalised by this unfair Tory tax." 

(CD/MH)