Following a Freedom of Information request Labour MP, Andy Slaughter, has claimed that more than 1,000 children will have to leave schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham due to housing benefit cuts, as many families renting their homes will be forced to seek cheaper rented accommodation in other areas, such as L.B. Hillingdon.
On his website,
Andy Slaughter MP wrote: "For some months I have been requesting information on the effect of the Government’s cuts to Housing Benefit on Hammersmith & Fulham families.
"I understand why the council wants to conceal this information as it will mean hundreds of families uprooted and forced to leave their homes, moving to parts of the country where rents are lower.
"Many will be in low paid work where HB makes up the difference between what they can afford and the high rents charged by private landlords in west London. So they will lose jobs as well as homes and be forced to move far away from friends and families.
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