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Labour tables welfare motion as Shapps backs bill

1 February 2012 | By Carl Brown, Alex Wellman

The Labour party has tabled a motion calling for the benefit cap to be set by an independent body according to local circumstances, ahead of a series of crunch votes on the Welfare Reform Bill today.

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