I write further to recent developments in our national news which have again raised questions over the spare room subsidy or “bedroom tax” implemented by the Government.

I was so saddened to hear about Stephanie Bottrill from Solihull in the West Midlands, who committed suicide, blaming the Government in a note she left behind.

She lived on her own in a three-bedroom house vacated by her children.

There are families with two or more children (like us) who are in desperate need of a bigger home.

I fully understand that people have raised their families in three-bed houses but when their children move on so must they to allow other families to have what they had.

My husband and I are on all the exchange websites outgoing. We have had a few viewings but have had our share of timewasters.

Please, people – there aren’t one or two-bed flats with lifts, balconies and private-use, south-facing gardens.

Some people are asking and expecting the impossible.

How many more lives are going to be sadly lost before people realise we should help one another?

Nikki Scott, Sycamore Close, Portslade