Maria Brabiner

The first I’d heard about [the bedroom tax] was when it got its royal assent about 12 months ago. And it still didn’t sink in - I thought, well I’m bound to get a job. I wasn’t claiming job seekers’ allowance, I was still living off my savings, because the carer’s allowance didn’t pay for National Insurance contributions, so I wasn’t entitled to anything. I thought I’d been out of work for 12 months, but I’d be bound to get a job in another 12 months.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/06/secret-cuts-part-three-bedroom-tax

Article in Mancunian Matters

http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/020113909-salford-campaigner-bedroom-tax-hell-i-lost-stone-weight-i-chose-between-food-and-b