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Shelagh Fogarty: 02/04/2013

02/04/2013

BBC Radio 5 Live - Shelagh Fogarty, 02/04/2013

Chancellor George Osborne defends his welfare benefits cuts.

Chancellor George Osborne defends his welfare benefits cuts, and gold-medal winning triathlete Alistair Brownlee tells Shelagh about returning from injury.

Chancellor George Osborne defends the biggest shake up in the benefits system for decades with hundreds of thousands of households across the UK affected from today. He says the current system doesn't do enough for working families.

Police name the mother and daughter who died from gas poisoning on a boat on Lake Windermere in Cumbria. 

Legal Aid in family law cases virtually disappears with 200,000 people in England and Wales missing out on receiving free legal assistance for cases involving separation and divorce, child custody and financial issues.

And gold medal-winning olympic triathlete Alistair Brownlee reveals how advances in medical science and sports treatments get him back on track faster than ever before.

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