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On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer affordable? But on the other hand let us look at the issue of dependency where we have trapped people in poverty through the extent of welfare that they have.

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David Cameron
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 9
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Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
David William Donald Cameron
Rt. Hon. David William Donald Cameron
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