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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 14 Sep 2013

    A UK Labour government would abolish the spare room subsidy, according to the party's Scottish welfare spokeswomanhttp://bbc.in/14OU823 

    2:30 AM - 14 Sep 2013
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      2. Angus B MacNeil MP‏Verified account @AngusMacNeilSNP 14 Sep 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking let's see if they follow the SNP policy ..Lab have been dodging for weeks on this

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      3. Genghis D'Midgies‏ @1GKh 14 Sep 2013
        Replying to @AngusMacNeilSNP

        @AngusMacNeilMP @BBCBreaking BBC: 'Labour to abolish the spare room subsidy' er Labour introduced the Bedroom tax for private rents

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      1. Keith Price‏ @JackGarvey11 15 Sep 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Labour is so clearly right to abolish it that I feel sure a stream of fair Socialist policies will follow

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      1. paula yokoyama‏ @YokoyamaPj 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I don't know what the spare room subsidy is? Subsidys are usually bad for the economy.

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      1. Tim Quadling ︽✵︽‏ @quadtee 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking they were the ones that introduced it in the first place.

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      1. Woolhatwoman‏ @woolhatwoman 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @quakerpen Well, that's jolly reassuring. Jolly good show, Labour.

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      1. Rich‏ @gotit099 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I bought a house, it's a 2-bedroom house. But I think it's up to me how many bedrooms there are, don't you?

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      1. Dowanhill‏ @Dowanhillshark 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking / bearing in mind it was Magaret Curran & Ian Davidson that voted 'YES' during the Westminster Parliamentry debate

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      1. Dowanhill‏ @Dowanhillshark 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking / Cynical ploy by Bailley to edge in front of Jenny Marra for Leadership stakes.

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      1. Dowanhill‏ @Dowanhillshark 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking / when will BBC Scotland start asking Lamont?

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      1. nabd‏ @naebD 14 Sep 2013
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        .@BBCBreaking or wasn't it labour who originally abolished the 'spare room subsidy', for private rentals? @holyroodmandy

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      1. David Smith‏ @avaragado 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking The "spare room subsidy" is the government euphemism for what the legislation calls "under-occupancy penalty". Please use that.

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      1. Dawn Chambers‏ @44Dawn44 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking let's look at past events !!!!

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      1. Dowanhill‏ @Dowanhillshark 14 Sep 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: A UK Labour government would abolish the spare room subsidy / Confimed by Joanne Lamont? No, Why? Because nobody can find her

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      1. Charmaine Havenhand,‏ @CharmaineHaven1 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I agree with u angusbmacneil lets c if they do follow the snp policy lab have been dodging for wks on this now

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      1. Richard‏ @a6ruled 14 Sep 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @quakerpen eh? isn't 'spare room subsidy' the non-existent thing that the tories say they are removing via the bedroom tax? @BBCBreaking

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      1. Tom Morris‏ @TomMorrisEsq 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking It's the BEDROOM TAX!

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      1. PamCrossland  🌍‏ @PamCrossland 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I think you mean Bedroom Tax. I can't imagine a Labour referring to it by its tory name.

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      1. Gideon Estates‏ @GideonLangart 14 Sep 2013
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        @BBCBreaking a UK labour government would abolish the economy for the third time

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