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  "textContent": "The Department for Work and Pensions’ most senior civil servant has resigned. Peter Schofield has faced furious criticism since the true scale of the carers’ allowance scandal was brought to light. However, the decision is said to be due to personal reasons, rather than taking responsibility for the DWP’s failures. A catalogue of failures from […]\n\nBy Rachel Charlton-Dailey",
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