内容摘要：Rehearsals for the contest start today (25 April) at the Jakobshalle arena.

Rehearsals for the contest start today (25 April) at the Jakobshalle arena.

In the letter, the 42 MPs said the planned cuts "represent the biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity and over three million of our poorest and most disadvantaged will be affected".It continued: "Whilst the government may have correctly diagnosed the problem of a broken benefits system and a lack of job opportunities for those who are able to work, they have come up with the wrong medicine. Cuts don't create jobs, they just cause more hardship."

The letter said the benefits system does need reform to tackle "the barriers that disabled people face when trying to find and maintain employment"."Without a change in direction, the green paper will be impossible to support," it added.In March, the government released a green paper to spell out the details of its proposed shake-up of the benefits system.

Overall, the government spends £65bn a year on health and disability-related benefits. Before the government announced the Pip and UC changes, this was projected to increase to £100bn by 2029.The government estimated that 3.2 million families could be worse off as a result of the reforms, while 3.8 million families will be better off by 2030.

MPs will get a chance to vote on the plans because the government needs to pass primary legislation to make the changes to welfare payments.

The legislation is due to be published this month before making its way through Parliament in June."The team are always there to greet [people]," Mrs Barwick said.

"We've got a really happy team who are really friendly and the heart of the pier has not changed at all."People love coming here on a daily basis and sometimes it is a stop for them... they come down for a coffee and it's there means of getting out and chatting to people.

"We've got all our regulars who we love seeing every day, so it is a very special place and that's what we've got to look after for the customers and our returning trade."After moving to Southwold several years ago, the couple saw the pier was available to buy after it previous owners, Gough Hotels, put it up for sale after 10 years.