Bedroom Tax in Northern Ireland

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.