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Margaret Hodge MP tells Work Programme contractor A4e it adds no value

9 February 2012

Chair of Public Accounts Committee asks why it passes on only £300 of £400 'attachment fee' to the charity LifeLine

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Some charities are beginning to get caught up in selfish forms of politics and they need to think quite hard about that.

Baroness Shirley Williams

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