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Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into Housing "reforms"

If your fingers are not worn to nubs writing letters to MPs, taking part in consultations and generally letting me know how welfare reform is affecting you, then here’s another good cause for your keyboard.

The cross party Work and Pensions Committee are holding an enquiry into how all of the housing changes introduced as part of this government’s welfare “reforms” are affecting people.

Many of you have written to me with heartbreaking stories or farcical stories. PLEASE consider submitting them to this review. It’s an independent, non-partisan committee and if we don’t tell people how we’re affected by these changes, how will they ever know?

It’s so easy to say “Oh, what’s the point? Nothing will change, they won’t listen” but at some point they WILL listen, things WILL change and we will say that we never gave up. Please take just a few more minutes to send in your views.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/housing-costs/