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Welfare plan 'may cause poverty'
Ministers should rethink plans to force lone parents, disabled people and long term jobless to seek work, a government adviser says.
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Work or lose benefits - Grayling
'Work for benefits' plan unveiled

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross BBC Trust to report on Sachs row
More details are expected about how crude phone calls made by two BBC presenters came to be aired on BBC Radio 2.

Breaking News Train fares to rise in new year
Britain's train companies are to raise regulated fares, including season tickets, by an average of 6% from the new year.


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