The STUC's assistant secretary, Ian Tasker, has called for the jobs to be offered as paid positions to "provide some step-up to individuals in these communities that might see them making that journey into long-term employment".

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Paul Franks offered resistance but went for 30, bowled by Ian Blackwell, as play was wrapped up before lunch.

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"It's the best deal they've offered in the last half-century, " marvels Philadelphia lawyer Ian Comisky , a tax fraud expert.

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