Leeds City Council has revealed plans to reclassify bedrooms as the controversy surrounding housing benefit changes continues. The local authority said it is looking at the possibility of changing the number of rooms described as bedrooms in more than 800 council homes to 'reduce the amount of people who may lose out on their housing benefit'. Under the Government's controversial new 'bedroom tax', council tenants with one spare bedroom will lose 14% of their housing benefit.
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