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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 23 Oct 2012

    London's Olympics come in at about £377m under £9.3bn budget, UK government figures suggest - follow @GordonFarquhar for more details

    2:44 AM - 23 Oct 2012
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      1.  🌍 🔤 📚 🔢 🌟‏ @ks1and2teacher 23 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking The Olympics budget was not £9.3bn it was £2.4bn so it came in £6.6bn OVER budget! 3.75x the original estimate @GordonFarquhar

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      1. Derek Shanks‏ @degsy49 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @gordonfarquhar but the original bid was under £3bn. Is this boy 'George' cuts again?

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      1. Laura Miller‏ @Laura_Miller678 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking does that mean I can have some of me tax back?!

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      1. Andy Barrell‏ @barrellmeister 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar Surely the Olympics was only under budget as the budget kept creeping up. I still think it was worth it.

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      1. gaz‏ @stagaz 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar so 7billion over budget

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      1. nicholas boot‏ @routundroulleur 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar How much did UK PLC make then. Under budget, dont make me laugh. Its fingers in the air time again

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      1. Cheema‏ @Scheema27 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking and only £6,523,000,000.00 over the original budget

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      1. Colin McDonald‏ @ColMcDinOz 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar @BBCNews 337M below which budget? Original budget was 2.4B Bit rich to claim under budget now

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      1. Chris Hoult‏ @tracklayer 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar I assume that reads came in about 4 billion or so over budget. Who worries about the millions.

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      1. Arron‏ @iarron90 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @gordonfarquhar yet £5billion over the original budget.

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      1. Yashen‏ @IanAndrews4 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar or, only £6.523 billion over the original budget!

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      1. michael coleman‏ @mikethecoleman 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar how much did they get back from the games did they balance the books xx

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      1. Darren Ingram‏ @DarrenPIngram 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking But over the original budget by a LONG way.

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      1. Eurovisually‏ @Eurovisually 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @gordonfarquhar £2.4bn Olympics comes in £400m under £9.3bn is not really a great advert for govt accounting is it?

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      1. Daniel‏ @JustinDazzler 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @gordonfarquhar is it because they used Amelie Sande 456867 times during the opening ceremony?

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      1. Matt Haney‏ @MJHaney 23 Oct 2012
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        .@BBCBreaking Just £6.5bn over the original estimate then?

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      1. Gary Grainger‏ @BluesShow 23 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @GordonFarquhar give the surplus to the people!

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