In the most basic count of voter intentions, the difference between the candidates may look small and surmountable.

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Although Mark will be entitled to a credit towards the basic state pension, that credit does not count towards the S2P.

BBC: Pensions questions answered

And while a few basic features are notable by their absence, like word count and copying and pasting to and from the desktop applications, support for new features are being added all the time.

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These women work tirelessly to feed and bathe our nation's senior citizens, serve as a go-between with family and doctors, count medication, even take care of pets, and yet they are denied basic wages, let alone benefits, worker protections and pathways to citizenship.

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At least 250 million children cannot read and count - even after four years of school - and 796 million people still lack basic literacy skills.

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