After my earlier post giving details of an e-petition against the governments licensing plans, I have now learned of another one here requesting Local Housing Allowance be paid direct to landlords.
Petitions seem to be taking off – it is a shame therefore that the government is no longer supporting them, according to this report on the parliament.uk blog.
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