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14 July 2013updated 26 Sep 2015 12:46pm

There is already a human right to welfare

The universal declaration of human rights is apparently controversial to the modern Tory party.

By Alex Hern

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Labour is considering a “secret plan” to make the claiming of welfare benefits a “human right”. The claim results from the secret taping of a shadow minister at a fundraising event. Patrick Hennessy writes:

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