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Disabled win right to fight bedroom tax
Judge rules challenge can go to Court of Appeal

Lawyers representing people with disabilities have won the right to challenge the government's draconian bedroom tax in the Court of Appeal.

Appeal court judge Lord Justice Aikens ruled that 10 test cases should be heard as they raise issues of public importance and that the points raised in the grounds of appeal and the proposed skeleton argument had "a reasonable prospect of success."

The bedroom tax sparked outrage when it came into force on April 1, with campaigners and advice organisations warning that it would hit the most vulnerable hardest.

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