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Brown causes road safety problems through means testing

One of the problems we have locally is that the job of a crossing warden is being undermined by means testing.

Although people get paid about £40 per week, after means testing deductions they end up with around a fiver. This has resulted in large numbers of vacancies for crossing wardens in Birmingham - and probably nationally.

I will be chasing up the full figures nationally.

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John Hemming said…
Until I was elected as an MP I could not ask a "Written Parliamentary Question". I was aware of the issue previously.

The problem is also getting worse.
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