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DUP helps Tories defeat attempt to force release of Universal Credit impact papers

Prime Minister Theresa May stands with then First Secretary of State Damian Green (right), DUP leader Arlene Foster (second left) and DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds (left), as DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (third right) shakes hands with then Chief Whip Gavin Williamson after signing the confidence and supply deal to support the Conservative government in 2017. Picture by Daniel Leal-Olivas, Press Association
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DUP MPs have been criticised for helping the British government defeat an attempt in parliament to force the release of documents analysing the impact of universal credit. Six Northern Ir[...]

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