The universal state will never allow for or does not allow for the kind of self-perfection that a small, self-governing polis will have.

万国之城将永不会允许,或说不会允许一种自我完善,那只有在小型，自治的城邦中才行得通。

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They fear draft regulations explaining how housing benefit will work when it is wrapped into the Universal Credit will leave tenants unable to claim for many services.

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As conditions change (a claimant finds part time work, say), the universal credit will be reduced, but not eliminated.

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The universal credit will be introduced from October 2013, with 8 million households to be transferred to the new benefit by 2017.

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