Northern Ireland's Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has ruled out any postponement of the "bedroom tax", due to be introduced in April 2013.Housing Associations in Northern Ireland had called for a six-month delay, warning that thousands of people could face "severe hardship".
But Nelson McCausland said: "There would be a very significant cost attached to a delay and I don't think it is necessary."
"Bedroom tax" - the under-occupation policy - is a new welfare reform policy that the government says protects the taxpayer from having to pay for a two or three-bedroom house for a single person.
The extra bedroom is a luxury, the government says.
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