COUNCIL leader Sir Steve Houghton says he will ask the council to formally object to the so-called 'bedroom tax' following a heated meeting with residents.
The Labour councillor, who also represents the Cudworth ward, was grilled by angry locals over cuts to housing benefit last Tuesday.
Some council tenants have seen their housing benefit reduced if they're deemed to have a spare bedroom, leaving them scared they cannot make ends meet.
Cllr Houghton said he would ask the council to pass a motion for a collective stance against the bedroom tax.
But he said the council had to follow the law laid down by the government and the bedroom tax could not be stopped until the next general election.
"At the present time it's the law and the council will act within the law because nobody would expect us not to, particularly our council tenants," Cllr Houghton said.
"We are following the procedure year on year like we have done every year for people who have not paid their rent.
"I will not break the law because I don't think it will get people anywhere."
No evictions have been made and Cllr Houghton said he did not want to evict anybody from their homes.
