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7 April 2013updated 15 Oct 2013 2:01pm

Labour outlines plan to tie benefits to contribution

Liam Byrne and Harriet Harman criticise "divide and rule" approach to welfare.

By New Statesman

Writing in the Observer this weekend, Liam Byrne criticised the government’s “divide and rule” approach to welfare, saying that both Osborne and Cameron had used the Philpott case to pit the rest of the public against benefits claimants. He said:

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