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Do puppets and disabled people have much in common? Emma finds out the answer when she meets Fred, the puppet starring in a new play at the Edinburgh Fringe.

What do puppets and disabled people have in common? Quite a lot as it happens. In a play about a two-foot-tall cloth puppet Fred, threatened cuts to his Puppetry Living Allowance mean he loses one of his three puppeteers and can no-longer live independently.
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Emma caught up with Fred at the Edinburgh Fringe and heard about his troubles at the job centre ... and why he isn’t fond of the Muppets.

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