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Bedroom tax error leads to Scottish funding shortfall

An accounting error over Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) allocations has resulted in a cash shortfall for six Scottish councils.

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By Jonathan Werran | 21 August 2013

A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accounting error over Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) allocations has resulted in a cash shortfall for six Scottish councils, it has emerged.

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