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Good morning. it s friday, 8th october. our top story. england footballer marcus rashford has told bbc breakfast that the government s decision to remove a £20 uplift in universal credit could be the difference between putting food on the table and heating the home for some families. he s received an honorary doctorate from the university of manchester for his work tackling child poverty, and afterwards spoke exclusively to sally nugent. the prime minister said the universal credit uplift was always going to end. it has to end at some point, he said, otherwise taxes will go up. what do you say to that? i don t think the right time for it to end is when families aren t in a stable situation. otherwise it makes no sense doing the work we ve done in the past, only to, you know, stop doing it at possibly one of the most vital stages, which we don t know, ....
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