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John Battle MP Campaigns against the High Cost of Helplines

John Battle MP for Leeds West has joined forces with Leeds Citizens Advice Bureau to campaign against the high costs of telephoning Government helplines from mobile phones.

Mr Battle said: "When government was made accessible by telephone in the 1990s we did not imagine that those who needed the most help would only have access to mobile telephones.

"The consequence is that today people are forking out huge sums of money simply to collect their benefits.

"We need to update our systems and ensure that the most vulnerable in society have the best access to the services and benefits."

The Leeds West MP has asked several Parliamentary Questions on the subject as well as tabling an Early Day Motion (EDM 1576 - Financial Cost of Contacting Government).  You can access these questions and the answers which John received, as well as the Early Day Motion by clicking on the links below.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-06-11b.278375.h&s=section%3Awrans+speaker%3A10028#g278375.q0

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-06-16a.278374.h&s=section%3Awrans+speaker%3A10028#g278374.q0

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-06-10b.278373.h&s=section%3Awrans+speaker%3A10028#g278373.q0

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-05-13a.271118.h&s=section%3Awrans+speaker%3A10028#g271118.q0

http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=38754&SESSION=899

A Yorkshire Evening Post Article about John’s Campaign

©John Battle MP 19 June 2009