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Gang get life for '£5 bet' murder

A man and two youths who kicked a disabled man to death over a £5 bet have been jailed for life. Brent Martin, 23, who had learning difficulties, died in hospital after he was found in a pool of blood on Sunderland's Town End Farm estate.

29 Feb 2008
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Working carers 'to keep benefits'

People who care for elderly relatives will no longer have their benefits cut if they get a job under government plans, Harriet Harman has said. The women's minister told a newspaper she wanted to make it easier for carers to have a job at the same time.

29 Feb 2008
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Blunkett urges factory reprieve

Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has called for a reversal of Aberdeen City Council's decision to cut funding for a factory for the disabled. Mr Blunkett said he was "deeply disturbed" that the Glencraft workshop faced closure. Speaking in Aberdeen, he said disabled workers needed to feel valued.

29 Feb 2008
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NHS care pleas after peer's death

Concerns about the NHS care of a disabled hereditary peer who died in a Berkshire hospital are to be referred to the Health Secretary. Crossbencher Baroness Darcy de Knayth, 69, who was wheelchair-bound after a car accident, died at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough on Saturday.

29 Feb 2008
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Private firms to find people work

Private firms and voluntary groups are to be offered cash incentives to get unemployed people into work for longer. Work Secretary James Purnell said the plan, which will see more payments if someone is in work for six months, was intended to "personalise" services. It came as MPs said 40% of jobseekers allowance claimants who find a job are out of work again within six months.

28 Feb 2008
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