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    Bedroom tax blamed for gran's death

    A grandmother who killed herself left a note blaming the Government for her death.

    Stephanie Bottrill's family said she was tortured about how she would afford the £20 extra a week for the two spare bedrooms in her home - money she owed because of the Government's spare room subsidy policy, the so-called "bedroom tax", the Sunday People reported.


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    What a sad story!


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    Very sad and very upsetting.
    Seems she had some caring neighbours.
    But what a shame she had to go through such turmoil alone.


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    Very sad.

    I expect there will be more cases like this.

    Yes it's easy for people to say 'move house', but that's not always as simple as it might seem.


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