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The Con-Dems admitted yesterday that some tenants hit by the hated bedroom tax are exempt under little-known regulations revealed by the Star.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed tenants who have claimed housing benefit for the same property since 1996 are exempt.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith's embarrassing climbdown comes after the Star reported last month that housing benefit regulations passed in 2006 provided a loophole.
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