By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 04:29 EST, 5 December 2013 | UPDATED: 05:02 EST, 5 December 2013 An Army veteran has had his benefits slashed after he told Jobcentre staff that he had volunteered to sell poppies in honour of his former comrades. Stephen Taylor, 60, was receiving £71.20 a week in Jobseeker's Allowance while searching for work after losing a previous job as a pub manager. However, when he said he had been raising money for the Royal British Legion, they told him he was not doing enough to find a new job and withdrew the payment. Anger: Army veteran Stephen Taylor had his benefits cut because he volunteered to sell poppies
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Stephen Taylor, 60, claimed Jobseekers' Allowance while looking for work
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He volunteered to sell poppies outside Asda in honour of other soldiers
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But Jobcentre workers decided to withdraw £71.20-a-week payment
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