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Worrying words
by
Chris Gaine
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last modified
2008-03-11 16:27
Get a job or lose your house. Give up drugs or lose your income. Do skills training or pay the price. Such posturing from ministers over recent days has created the impression that the welfare state is being refashioned into a system of punishment. Thankfully, much of the unthinkingly tough talk is not being translated into action. 29/02/2008
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Plan to halve child poverty still off course
