South Lanarkshire is one of the worst hit areas in Scotland by the bedroom tax with more than 2,300 households affected.

The latest data available from the Department for Work and Pensions reveals 2,338 households in South Lanarkshire are having their housing benefit cut due to the policy as of February 2023.

Neighbouring Glasgow City is the worst hit local authority in Scotland, with 8,014 households having affected followed by North Lanarkshire with 3,199 households, Edinburgh with 2,809 households and Fife with 2,721 households hit.

More than 1,000 of those households are in Lanark and Hamilton East.