Limiting redundancies was a condition of privatisation last year, but at the cost of low productivity.

ECONOMIST: Deutsche Telekom

There are also mechanisms in place whereby the two groups could have cut through the red tape, given the life-limiting nature of Poppy's condition, though these regulations are more commonly invoked when someone is in the final months of an illness such as cancer.

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