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: Current AwarenessPayouts to same-sex partners of police officers killed on duty - Daily Telegraph
By sally
“The same-sex partners of police officers killed in the line of duty will get compensation payouts in an overhaul of the current system.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Full post as published by Current Awareness on August 26, 2008 (boomark / email).
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