Cuts-crazed Tories have "no intention" of letting Scotland's tenants escape the bedroom tax, housing campaigners said after a meeting with Conservative MSPs.

Bin The Bedroom Tax campaigners met behind closed doors with Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson and housing spokesman Alex Johnstone yesterday in the latest bid to abolish the widely-reviled policy.

SNP Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged earlier this week to effectively end the sanctions for tenants and housing associations in Scotland by upping her government's funding of "discretionary housing payments" from £20 million to £35m.