Proposed Housing Benefits Cuts

“Ministers are proposing a £400-a-week limit for the largest homes or £250-a-week for one-bedroom flats as a curb on an "out of control" benefits bill.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11714889 /09/11/2010@12:37 Essentially this petition is seeking support to halt the proposed cap on housing benefits and to ensure that ministers look to create a fairer system that does not dictate to people where they can and cannot live. … It is hoped your support will add credibility to continue the debate in parliament and not to settle on the proposed, seriously flawed, plan. No system in this country should dictate to any person that areas of the country are off limits because of their economic background. We are talking here of the vast majority of benefit claimants who are dealing with physical and mental difficulties no one would want to have in their lives. Are we really ready to add to their burden by asking them to move from their homes? The proposals amount to anti-liberalism; where did the liberal democrats go? … With your support this petition will keep the debate going until a fair system can be created.