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08/10/2012

Can we afford to cut welfare any more? The government is proposing 拢10 billion more in 'savings'. Also a charity warns of a 'silent epidemic' of parents drinking at home.

Frightened householders who over-react when confronted by burglars will get more protection under Government plans. The new Justice Secretary Chris Grayling will announce a change to the law when he addresses the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham

The Chancellor wants to cut a further 拢10 billion pounds from the benefits budget. Savings could be made by limiting the number of children in a family who can be supported by welfare payments and capping housing benefit for the under-25s. Can we afford to cut welfare more? Can we afford not to?

Parents are drinking too much as a way of coping with the demands of family life. The charity 4Children are warning of a "silent epidemic" of habitual alcohol misuse. But is there really anything wrong with harassed parents having a few glasses of wine in the evening to relax?

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 8 Oct 2012 22:30

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  • Mon 8 Oct 2012 22:30