I think I've commented on this before, but this is a wonderful opportunity for property speculators to force local authorities to pay far higher amounts than they would have had to pay for social housing, so for each 17% saved on the social housing benefit bill 30-40% more would be paid out in private rented housing benefit bills.

Of course, it will be all the claimants fault as they aren't helping the government by jumping of bridges with their children. They don't matter anyway, cos they are not likely to vote for the current government. So their would be need for further cuts in benefits - but not those very very very nice property owners who deserve to be paid the lions share of working age benefits. Thay are good stout tories - and it is far far better to line their pockets than provide services needed by the most poor in the country