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Stories about: government assistance

Obese British Family Says They’re Being Discriminated Against Precisely one week ago, the case of the Chawner family from Blackburn, UK, made international headlines when the four members talked with a celebrity glossy magazine and said they were asking for more government money on the basis that they were too fat to work. The Chawners are now taking back their previous stateme... 24 March 2009 16:21 GMT Obese British Family Demands More Government Money Although the case of the Chawner family from Blackburn, UK, perhaps fails to ring a bell with most people, it has managed to cause quite a stir in the British media, and things have just been taken to a whole new level with the latest statements coming from its members. The mother, father and two daughters, known for... 17 March 2009 14:21 GMT