Kaleta was assessed a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct, which resulted in an automatic review by the league's department of player safety.

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The Department for Work and Pensions stressed that no decision has been taken yet but added that an automatic mechanism was being considered.

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The US defence department says it has begun laying off most of its 46, 000 temporary employees, as automatic defence budget cuts loom in March.

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