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Families stage demo as their eviction looms
Benefit-cap victims call on council to step in
YOUNG families facing eviction because of Tory benefit cuts demonstrated outside Edinburgh City Chambers yesterday during a council meeting in a bid to highlight their situation.
Eleven families, with a total of 42 children, are facing eviction from their privately rented homes in north Edinburgh because of the effects of benefits cap.
Some have already been kicked out and are living in unsuitable accommodation.
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