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Social Services: Tony Newton PS letter to No.10 (meeting burial costs through supplementary benefit for claimants who were on strike) [proposed legislative changes to widen scope of entitlement] [released Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1637 f33
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Labour Party & socialism, Media, Parliament, Employment, Public spending & borrowing, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike, Family, Social security & welfare