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Letter: Work without perks

Sir: Why do people talk of getting lone parents "back to work"? Lone parents work already. They may need more money, company, a pension scheme, a break from the children, security, recognition, status. Let's call it paid employment. But they don't need "work". They're parents.

CRISTINA SANDERS

Guildford, Surrey

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