This extra rich allowance applies for 2010 and 2011 only.

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Once an airline exceed its allowance, it has to pay to buy extra permits.

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They propose sanctions for claimants who refuse jobs, compulsory community work for the long-term jobless and extra screening for incapacity-benefit claimants, with those deemed fit for work turfed onto the stingier jobseeker's allowance.

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