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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 18 Jul 2012

    UK #unemployment falls by 65,000 to 2.58 million in three months to May, official figures show http://bbc.in/NKOsqO 

    1:31 AM - 18 Jul 2012
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      1. Sarah Wright‏ @ecureuilnoir 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking MMmmm are they all security guards by any chance?

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      1. steve marwood‏ @stevemarwood1 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking All these stats are skewed anyway, students, olympics, work programs, benefit claimants moving from one benefit to another etc

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      1. shattered@home‏ @beckymjames123 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking something to do with the so called summer season perhaps?

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      1. Joe Anzalone‏ @Joe_Anzalone 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking is that why G4s couldnt get enough staff?

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      1. Sophie Madden‏ @sophiemadden 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking - UNISON warns that Olympic effect on jobs will not last - http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=2765 …

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      1. sylvia cropper‏ @phylsyl 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking u sure this is not a joke as i find it funny..utter rubbish

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      1. KeyEnergyAssessments‏ @KeyEnergyAssess 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking G4S could reduce that by another 5000

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      1. Eddy Ventolera‏ @atm0spheric 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking #unemployment goes up by about 600,000 at the end of each academic year. It needs to come down by 50,000 per month on average.

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      1. Mark‏ @adifferentmark 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking is that 65K in new jobs or moved to other benefits though and how many are in temporary 'Olympic' positions? We may never know

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      1. David C Reilly‏ @david_ventures 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking UNemployment might have fallen but I'll bet the number of disabled people working, or not working won't have changed

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      1. Jeremy Webb‏ @jemweb 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking all being forced to volunteer at olympics.

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      1. Westongreenman‏ @WestonGreenMan 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking how many employed by #G4S?

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      1. David‏ @news_watcher1 18 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking 5.9 earthquake, Fiji region. Jul 18 8:09pm at epicenter (18m ago, 337km W of NUKU'ALOFA,

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