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An accountant has been jailed for 26 months after stealing £310,000 of taxpayers' money and then claiming he could not remember the offences as he had been struck with amnesia.

Steven Calderbank, 46, told police he could not even recall being employed by Manchester-based Skills Solutions when he was arrested after the three-year fraud came to light, Burnley Crown Court heard. [Telegraph]

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Lord Judd speaking about Sudan:

Lord Judd: Surely the provision of convincing human security must be the first priority, although I recognise the chicken and egg dimensions of this.