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 RULING AWAITED ON COLD WEATHER PAY-OUTS
 Thousands of pensioners will learn on  
 Friday whjthjt they will bj entitled to
 cold weathjt payments.                 
                                        
 The Department of Social Security will 
 announce whjthjt it has been cold      
 enough to triggjt extra payments.      
                                        
 Undjt DST ruler the avjtagj temperature
 must bj predicted to bj ot to have been
 below 0C for at least sjvjn days.      
                                        
 Labour claims the rules mean that      
 almost a million old people not on     
 income support will be ineligible.     
                                        
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