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Welfare reform: Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey blasts clerics who oppose benefits cap


Published:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:26:26 -0800 
In an article for the Daily Mail, Lord Carey insists the sheer scale of Britain’s public debt – which yesterday hit £1trillion – is the 'greatest moral scandal' facing the country and warns the welfare system is rewarding 'fecklessness and irresponsibility'....

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Published:Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:01:58 -0800
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Published:Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:10 -0800
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Published:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:26:26 -0800
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