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Some families to lose £4000 a year in 'unfair' tax credit changes, says Labour
The Guardian
Up to 200000 families could lose £4000 a year because of a little-noticed change to the working tax credit coming into force in April, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, will say in a speech on Saturday.
Tax credit change could cost families £4k a year - LabourBBC News
Families 'set to lose tax credit'The Press Association

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Families Left Homeless After Flour Bluff Fire
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Two Flour Bluff families are homeless after a man cooking dinner leaves his stove unattended. Flames engulfed his apartment and then spread to the unit next door. A mom and her two young girls were inside that neighboring unit, they managed to get out ...

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American family decline: It's about money, not morals
The Seattle Times
Something is happening to the traditional working-class family. The question is what, writes Paul Krugman. It is amazing how quickly conservatives dismiss the obvious answer: a drastic reduction in the work opportunities available to less-educated men.
Krugman: Moral collapse? No, opportunity collapseAnchorage Daily News

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