May pledges U-turn on supported housing "cruel and heartless policy"

Theresa May has announced a U-turn over plans to apply the Local Housing Allowance cap to supported housing, a move that could have hit thousands of elderly and vulnerable people. The Liberal Democrats have now called on the government to also U-turn on its decision to scrap housing benefit for 18-21 year-olds. Wera Hobhouse MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government, commented: “This cap would have hit the most vulnerable in our society, including the homeless and victims of domestic violence living in shelters. “It is right that the government has U-turned on this cruel and heartless policy. “Ministers must now reverse their damaging decision to scrap housing benefit for 18-21s, that risks pushing more young people into homelessness. “This would show that today's decision was not a one-off and that the government has started to rediscover its moral conscience.”