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Bedroom tax may be on the brink of collapse
Experts expose legal loophole that could spark wave of appeals against cruel policy

Tory Iain Duncan Smith's bedroom tax stands on the brink of collapse today after experts exposed a loophole which could trigger an avalanche of expensive appeals.

Thousands of tenants who have claimed housing benefit continously since 1996 are exempt under little-known regulations passed by the last Labour government.

And experts believe all 660,000 households hit by the Con-Dems cruel tax could use the legislation to lodge an appeal.

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