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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 23 Jan 2013

    UK jobless figure fell by 37,000 between September and November to 2.49m - Office National Statistics

    1:33 AM - 23 Jan 2013
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      1. Steel Town Girl‏ @_r_a_s_h_m_i_ 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking *no comments*

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      1. Rocky Gill‏ @CllrRockyGill 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking What about the increase in youth unemployment?

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      1. David JB  🇪🇺 🇬🇧‏ @DJBourne1976 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking How many of these people are now in part time work, and/or low paid jobs?

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      1. Dale greig‏ @DaleDalegreig 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking :How many people have been suspended from benifit since the october rule change my guess is about 15000

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      1. Andrew Edwards‏ @haddockman83 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking All of them working 6 hours a week - totally unsustainable!!

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      1. Lea-Lea  🐺‏ @Lealeawolfgirl 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking that means nothing. they were all Christmas temps who are now back on the dole after being laid off

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      1. Isobel M‏ @Tweet_Belle 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking well add 1 to that figure cos i lost my job yesterday

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      1. Alex L‏ @alexlou40 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking probably because stores took on temp staff for xmas..stop manipulating figures!!

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      1. Lynda Pace Avery‏ @piggitch 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking and here in mid-Wales I didn't even get an interview for a job I did for 15 years, what is happening?

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      1. Richard King‏ @Raking5 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking is that all? That's just over 1%. I don't how you could call that news #moreneedstobedone

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      1. What A CV!‏ @WhatACV 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Great to hear such positive figures. Still a lot to do though!!! #TeamWAC

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      1. James Wall‏ @ClawedJeeves 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Because people are taken off the unemployment list by being put on random pointless courses?

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      1. K Appleseed‏ @littleappleseed 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking also number of homeless increased by about same amount. Jobless still there, benefits stats based on not.

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      1. susie smith‏ @will137ella 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking How many people on unpaid mandated workfare programs who are classed as employed do those figures include? ???

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      1. Samuel S. Danso‏ @ssdanso 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking wow

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      1. Michael Spencer‏ @MichaelSpence23 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking That's a lot of suicides!

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      1. The New Shmoo‏ @ImTheShmoo 23 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking how???

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