Almost 3,000 young Londoners would be able to claim housing benefit again under a Liberal Democrat government, the party said today.
Leader Tim Farron wants to reverse the Tory decision to axe housing support for 18 to 21-year-olds, which the party believes penalises 2,800 people in the capital.
He said: “The Liberal Democrats will restore housing benefit for 18 to 21-year-olds and prevent a destructive hard-Brexit robbing young people of their futures.”
The announcement comes as the party targets Bermondsey and Old Southwark, where former party deputy Sir Simon Hughes is fighting to get his old seat back from Labour’s Neil Coyle.
Today the party also took their campaign to Vauxhall where they are targeting the seat held by Labour’s Brexit chair Kate Hoey.
The Lib Dems are also fielding a candidate in the Speaker John Bercow’s Buckingham seat for the first time since 2005.
Traditionally main political parties tend to leave the Speaker’s seat uncontested.
