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The plant’s doors have now closed and the de-fuelling process will commence, at which point it will be handed to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
We should have a social security system that provides a real safety net and does not dehumanise people in assessments or impoverish them to the point at which food banks are a de facto extension of the Department for Work and Pensions.
A lot of our thinking is around those more de minimis elements of compliance. The ideas of a helpdesk and guidance were covered quite extensively in our report.
They are not out there in the world to work for pin money; they are there to support a family, and are often the only person working in that household.
I pressed hard in Europe on ensuring that we have the enforcement capability to ensure that the flexibilities in the agreement, in relation to the discards de minimis rules, are not exploited.
The DES stipulates that bone sparing preventative treatment should be offered to women under 75 who are diagnosed with the condition, and to those over 75 who have sustained a fragility fracture.
However, that time was not 1 April 2013, when the police budget and all other public services were under pressure and there was a de facto need to save money and to deliver services.