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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Jan 2014

    Chancellor George Osborne tells BBC he wants above-inflation minimum wage rise, saying the country "can afford" ithttp://bbc.in/1b6bYv7 

    9:04 AM - 16 Jan 2014
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      1. Dan Ford‏ @DanFord007 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @CurrysJobs

        @CurrysJobs @BBCBreaking @BBCNewspic.twitter.com/2alGKxmF5u

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      1. Cafe Menu Systems‏ @CafeMenuSystems 17 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking He's used that 'we're all in it together' phrase again... :-(

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      1. Nigel Furmidge‏ @furmidge345 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking try giving NHS workers a pay rise. 😡

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      1. Paul Turner‏ @paulturner2012 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-people-s-voice-must-get-louder …

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      1. Satjinder‏ @SatjinderS 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking will believe it when I see it

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      1. David L Pattison‏ @DavidLPattison1 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking well there you go another exampleof 'we are on it together' oh yea!

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      1. Joseph Palmer‏ @JosephPalmerUK 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews If his office needs more designer labels, or the tory millionaires need a higher tax bonus, where's it coming from?

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      1. Beth Brazier‏ @BethFaeriequeen 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking I'm on minimum wage. Nothing will make me vote for the Tory scum though!

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      1. Ian Boothroyd‏ @ianboothroyd 16 Jan 2014
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        “@BBCBreaking: Chancellor...wants above-inflation minimum wage rise http://bbc.in/1b6bYv7 ” Good! Spread the "recovery" a bit wider.

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      1. Mazen Nazzal‏ @MazNazzal 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking a welcome move. He shd increase it hwvr to same level as that of living wage#min wage# inequalities

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      1. Paul J.‏ @PaulRed82sed 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews. Give with one hand and steal with the other. The idiot is so predictable and naive.

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      1. Adekola‏ @kolatunji01 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. graeme sharp‏ @graemesharp62 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking does mr Osborne think he can become one of the masses with his minimum wage rise poor people are not that daft

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      1. Lou‏ @lou72 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking small businesses shd be excl. I can't put my prices up to my customers and employ 5 people. Trying to build up but eating away.

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      1. Mags Lockhart‏ @Lockmags 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking will affect small businesses who are already struggling with costs!!!!!

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      1. Mark‏ @MarkMobile68 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking about bloody time. Why should the tax payer subsidise employers who don't pay decent wages via the benefit system.

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      1. Scheherazade‏ @ScherLitNet 16 Jan 2014
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        @BBCBreaking He wants it but will he do it?

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      1. Abdullah Abu Tayeh‏ @andyjordan7272 16 Jan 2014
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