Scottish Government forced to spend £350 million on mitigating cost of 'cruel' Tory Bedroom Tax

The Scottish Government has spent £350 million to mitigate the cost of the "cruel" Tory-imposed bedroom tax over the last five years.

The figures were revealed in a written answer to SNP MSP Elena Whitham, who branded it "the embodiment of the cost of living with Westminster".

The bedroom tax was introduced in 2013 by the then Tory-Lib Dem coalition government at Westminster.