From the Guardian‘s live politics blog (3:15)
Tim Farron, the Lib Dem president, is set to vote against the government on the bedroom tax tonight, I’m told. A friend of Farron’s tells me: ”Party conference in Glasgow expressed its will very strongly against the bedroom tax and so Tim is listening to party members and will probably be voting against the government tonight. Tim is the voice of the party members, they have expressed their view and Tim wants to make sure that their voice is heard.”
Here’s the motion on the bedroom tax that the Lib Dems passed at their party conference (pdf). It criticised the policy, and called for an immediate review of its impact.
Tim is likely to vote for the Labour motion.
And at 4:18
Four Lib Dem MPs have tabled a Commons early day motion saying that the bedroom tax is a mistake and that, unless there are extensive changes – including a wider range of exemptions, and the removal of penalties from people who do not have the option of moving to a smaller home – it should be abolished.
Those MPs are Greg Mulholland, Ian Swales, Adrian Sanders and Roger Williams.
We’ll bring you more news as we get it.
Andrew George and Charles Kennedy have already said that they will be voting against the Government.
* Caron Lindsay is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings