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21 October 2015

The DWP has launched a blue, cuddly, £8.45m mascot for workplace pensions

Meet “workie”. 

By Barbara Speed

A blue fluffy monster invaded the Department for Work and Pensions Twitter feed today. It stuck its head into its profile picture, and appeared in a series of toe-curling memes, including this one:

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