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Stormont buys 40 cakes to celebrate Universal Credit

A Universal Credit cake for Hove in the south east of England, where the use of cake to mark the benefits system roll-out has also caused controversy
Brendan Hughes
STORMONT civil servants have spent more than £1,000 buying 40 cakes for staff to celebrate the controversial roll-out of the new Universal Credit benefits system. The cakes, each branded with[...]

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