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Well the phoney war regarding the impact of government cuts is at an end and nowhere is this more apparent than with housing.

Well the phoney war regarding the impact of government cuts is at an end and nowhere is this more apparent than with housing.

A report by London Councils indicates that more than 82,000 households could lose their homes because of proposed changes to benefit rules. London has not seen such a shift of population since the move to the New Towns in the 1950s and 1960's. That was planned and co-ordinated but this shift will be the complete opposite with homeless families coping with trying to find a new home, keeping their jobs and looking after their families largely on their own.

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