Ruthless Tory Stephen Crabb is taking his OWN constituents to court over Bedroom Tax

Paul and Sue Rutherford and their grandson Warren, pictured in the living room of their house [Image: Aled Llywelyn/Athena].

Paul and Sue Rutherford and their grandson Warren, pictured in the living room of their house [Image: Aled Llywelyn/Athena].

Stephen Crabb need look no further in his new job as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions than to his constituents Paul and Sue Rutherford.

The grandparents from Clynderwen in Pembrokeshire are currently being dragged through the Supreme Court by his new department – over the Bedroom Tax .

Last year, they won a ruling in the High Court that found the tax discriminated against disabled children.

But Iain Duncan Smith chose to appeal – forcing the vulnerable family through the Supreme Court. They are currently awaiting judgment.

“It is deeply odd that our High Court bedroom tax win is now effectively being challenged by our own MP,” Paul Rutherford said.

“If there is truly any compassion in the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, could his department now drop its appeal against us?”

Already under fire for supporting ESA cuts as a Mencap patron, Crabb now faces the dilemma of whether to support his own constituents or keep up the fight against the Bedroom Tax families.

“We now have the ludicrous scenario where Stephen Crabb is taking his own constituents through the highest court in the land,” said Rachel Reeves MP, who has publicly campaigned for the Rutherfords.

“If you want to listen to disabled people, he should listen to his own constituents, instead of fighting them tooth and nail after they won in the High Court.”

She interrupted Crabb’s first statement to the House of Commons as Secretary of State to raise the issue as a point of order.

The Rutherfords are one of seven cases currently going through the highest courts in the land.

Crabb’s new department is currently spending over £250,000 on battling Paul’s family along with a woman with spina bifida, a victim of rape and domestic violence, a disabled widower, an RAF veteran and two other families of severely disabled teenagers.

Source: Ruthless Tory Stephen Crabb is taking his OWN constituents to court over Bedroom Tax – Mirror Online

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13 thoughts on “Ruthless Tory Stephen Crabb is taking his OWN constituents to court over Bedroom Tax

  1. BevR (@britishroses1)

    Please send Cameron, Crabb and Osborne a message that we will NOT stand by and let him continue to attack our most vulnerable and strip them of yet more of what little financial support they get. Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc., are the people he should be going after to pay their fair share not attacking ‘Sick and Disabled’ people again. Please sign and share this petition and help us to send him a clear message, if you would write to the PM and your MP in defence of ‘Sick and Disabled’ people also it would be appreciated more than you could ever imagine. Thank you.
    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/124016 Over 130,920 people have signed in just 13 days!

  2. Neilth

    Just as worrying is that Crabbe is an ex intern and strong supporter of CARE (Christian Action Research and Education). He has attempted to airbrush this out of his cv but is still involved. CARE believe that you can ‘cure’ homosexuality, oppose abortion and freedom for women to choose and is basically a fundamentalist Christian sect with a hugely intolerant agenda. Both the pink times and the Torygraph have carried stories on this. I’m techno illiterate so can’t provide links.

  3. mrmarcpc

    This should be published more through social media and the press, embarrass him before he’s even got started in his job and get shot of him!

    1. Mel Roberts

      I`ve tweeted him about his being a patron of Mencap and suggested he have the grace to resign(from being a patron, initially….) Tweet him..he`ll get the message!

  4. R.P. Scales

    There are few things more unlovely than an Evangelical without a thread of compassion.

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