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Sat 03 Mar 2011Tackling the big issues
INTERVIEW:Ever argumentative, controversial, along with being a brilliant self-publicist, John Bird, co-founder of ‘The Big Issue’, believes welfare rules must be reformed root-and-branch, he tells MARK HENNESSY, London Editor
SHORTLY AFTER HE took up office in No 10 Downing Street, Conservative prime minister David Cameron invited John Bird in to hear about his thoughts on reshaping the UK’s welfare system.
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