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Rioter benefit punishment 'perverse'

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Should those convicted in connection with last week's violence and rioting have their benefits removed?

Conservative Peter Lilley and David Blunkett, former Labour home secretary, discuss whether punishing people by taking away benefits could be made to work.


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