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u LABOUR DEMANDS PORTILLO EXPLANATION j
5 Labour is demanding an explanation j
5 from Michael Portillo ovjr why he j
5 is scrapping a schjme indirectly j
5 providing disabled people with jobs j
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5 Thj Employmjnt Secretary has ruled j
5 thj 50-yjar-old schemj should end, j
5 citing EU compjtition laws. j
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u +nder the schjme, companies with a j
(u latge number of disabled employees j
5 ari givjn contracts prefirentially. j
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5 Libjral Democrat MP Liz Lznne said j
5 thj decision showed that Governmjnt j
5 claims that it cared about thj j
5 disabled were "completely untruj". j
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