No. 10 Downing Street has confirmed in a statement early this morning that a raft of cuts to benefits due to kick in today were merely an elaborate prank played out for the last few months on the British public, and that the drastic measures would not now go ahead.
Posted: Apr 1st, 2013
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Posted: Mar 25th, 2013
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