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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 12 Dec 2013

    Private firms G4S and Serco stripped of responsibilities for tagging criminals in UK following overcharging scandalhttp://bbc.in/1cCR0aw 

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      1. Stu‏ @longtreeroad 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking serco need to lose the job seekers contract too! Caused me nothing but ill health and upset.

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      1. Danny Forreal‏ @Danny_Forreal 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking will anyone go to jail for defrauding our country ????

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      2. #ChangeAgents‏ @ClinicalConcern 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking so they got away with it by scapegoats subordinates carrying out this act did board not see profits from governance structures

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      3. kim holt‏ @drkimholt 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @ClinicalConcern

        @ClinicalConcern @BBCBreaking sadly Serco providing ask BMA advice. How can the BMA be linked to this company?

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      4. #ChangeAgents‏ @ClinicalConcern 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @drkimholt

        @drkimholt @BBCBreaking not sure Y this is~its aways about the money when shareholders are attached just wondering if BMA got investments ?

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      1. Joseph Johnson‏ @johnsonjmj 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @OJLane i hope you put this your assignment #ditto

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      1. hjarta‏ @hjarta50 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking not before time I can't understand why they are still in business

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      1. Joseph Palmer‏ @JosephPalmerUK 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking After the olympics fiasco, and their organisational mess, I'm surprised that they still get any government contract anyway.

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      1. Cebisa Mahlukwana‏ @CebisaM 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking we must probe them here is South Africa as well. They handle two of our prisons.

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      1. Christine Spriggs‏ @Chris_Spriggs 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @LegalActionGrp A fresh scandal for this dreadful Govt. every day it appears. #omnishambles

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      1. JudithJ‏ @JAJxCPA 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking They literally hashed tags #hashtag

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      1. A.J.‏ @amanda_westwood 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking they're bidding to run Probation Departments, will they be allowed to continue with their bid??

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      1. Michael Dudley‏ @mikdudley 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking again free market capitalism shows it's greedy true colours to pay the bonuses for the CEOs and Directors #leeches

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      1. Angry Anti‏ @mcvicker101 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @copwatcher .Had to make up the shortfall for fucking up the Olympics some how?

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      1. pat neary‏ @patrickq1 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking why is no one being convicted for fraudulent activities

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      1. Neil‏ @TazR6 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking What about the rest of the "responsibilities" they have? They should be dismissed completely.

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      1. John Chapman‏ @johnnyboyjazz 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking should bloody hope so!!

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      1. Ranty Jim‏ @Ranty_Jim 12 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking but will still get other lucrative contract. Public services should be provided by the public sector

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