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UK needs to tackle ‘unaffordable’ benefits system, says employment minister
Alison McGovern pledges to reform assessment process that ‘leaves people on the scrapheap’Financial Times - 4d -
UK, France and Germany say Gaza aid freeze could breach international law
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Blackstone chief Schwarzman’s income eclipsed $1bn last year
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USAID aid freeze triggers health care crisis in Africa
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USAID freeze slams American manufacturer of item that saves babies' lives
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