Mum forced to pay Bedroom Tax on sensory room for severely disabled daughter

Her daughter, who is blind and unable to walk and talk, relies on the room which contains a ball pool and is storage for her wheelchairs

A struggling mother must pay Bedroom Tax on a room used as a vital sensory haven for her severely disabled daughter.

Kelly Marie, who is blind and unable to walk and talk, relies on the room which contains a ball pool and is used to store the 28-year-old's wheelchairs.

But the Government has decided the room is 'spare', meaning mother Dawn Lennon must stump to more than £570 of Bedroom Tax cash a year.

It has left 52-year-old on the bread line, even cutting back on food to try and make ends meet.

Mrs Lennon said: "It’s going to be a real struggle. The room is not being used as a bedroom, it’s a light room for Kelly Marie, with a ball pool in it.

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