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    #11
    Originally posted by basilspinone View Post
    Wrote to my MP and although he doesn't do EDM's (waste of administrative money and expense he says), he did write to the treasury.

    This is their response.

    I feel a robust reply to Mr Stride coming on

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6owvyv3kl...e001a.pdf?dl=0

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzh112vt64...e001b.pdf?dl=0
    RT Honorable??

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      #12
      Same template letter I received from Mel Stride... unbelievable

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        #13
        Non-Templatey, template to email your MP

        It's true. Template emails don't get anywhere near the response an individually crafted one does.

        Here's the letter I used which can be easily customised depending on which party your MP belongs to. (Mine is Labour)

        Important to include your full name, postal address and phone number in your email so your MP knows you are one of their constituents. There is a strict convention in the House of Commons that MPs may only act on behalf of their own constituents.

        The EDM now has 79 MPs signed up. Keep up the momentum..

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        Dear XX,

        As a resident of your constituency, I would like to ask you to support the Early Day Motion 1239 that was put forward by the Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Lloyd regarding the 2019 Loan Charge agenda being pursued by the HMRC.

        https://www.parliament.uk/business/p...ession=2017-19

        The ERM has already garnered support from 79 MPs including [49] members of the [LABOUR] Party.

        In his motion, Mr Lloyd states that.."HMRC are aggressively pursuing individuals.... with no independent right of appeal; further believes that the Charge is likely to cause financial distress and bankruptcies, and believes that retrospectively taxing something that was technically allowed at the time, is unfair."

        The people affected by the loan charge are not wealthy or privileged individuals, they are contractors, freelancers and agency workers, including social workers, supply teachers and bank and locum nurses and doctors. They are the very people who live in [NAME YOUR CONSTITUENCY HERE] and make up part of your constituency base.

        This article in the Evening Standard explains in detail the devastating financial impact the loan charge will have on these individuals if permitted to go ahead:
        https://www.standard.co.uk/business/...-a3861916.html

        I ask that you please consider adding your support to the motion so that the 2019 Loan Charge and its consequences on countless workers can be debated robustly and fully in Parliament.

        With best regards,
        NAME, POSTAL ADDRESS AND EMAIL

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