Harmison's absence means England will go into the third Test without five members of last summer's victorious Ashes side.

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The injury means he has missed 32 of England's 35 Test matches since they won the World Cup in 2003.

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Rechristening the means test would not overcome Mr Field's objections.

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That means he is effectively ruled out of England's autumn Test matches with the Pacific Islanders, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.

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England's humiliating loss within three days to Australia in the fourth Test in Leeds means they now go into the final Test, which begins on 20 August, needing to win to reclaim the Ashes.

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He said also that during Gordon's Brown time at the Treasury, older Scots had to endure the indignity of a means test to get a decent pension.

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The link-up means Redding and his new team-mate Mika Kallio have already been able to test next year's bike and in a sign of the team's respect for Redding he was involved in the process.

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It proposes using new CCEA tests as a means of selection, but is against the minister's proposal of reducing the proportion of pupils who sit the test annually until it is phased out completely in three years.

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Wood's inclusion means that over a third of England's starting line-up will get their first experience of playing a Test in Cardiff, with Ben Foden, Chris Ashton, Shontayne Hape, Ben Youngs and Dan Cole also new to the Millennium Stadium Test experience.

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