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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 19 Jun 2014

    UK's new disability benefit helping fewer people get jobs, internal government document sayshttp://bbc.in/1lCKDdS 

    10:26 AM - 19 Jun 2014
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      2. Mental Health‏ @Sectioned_ 19 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        ESA disability benefit is 'failing', government document says http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27927842 … @BBCBreaking #ESA #WCA

        2 replies 4 retweets 1 like
      3. Mental Health‏ @Sectioned_ 19 Jun 2014
        Replying to @Sectioned_

        Gosh. It's shocking to learn that all the pain people are being put through is for nothing. In fact it's costing the country more. #ESA #WCA

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
      4. Mental Health‏ @Sectioned_ 19 Jun 2014
        Replying to @Sectioned_

        Isn't it clear now that the key barrier to work for disabled people isn't lack of motivation, it's attitudes of employers to disabilities?

        1 reply 5 retweets 1 like
      5. Mental Health‏ @Sectioned_ 19 Jun 2014
        Replying to @Sectioned_

        If you want evidence of how employers view people with #mentalhealth problems, see @ProfAdrianFurn's advice https://storify.com/SectionedUK/he-s-a-psycho-prof-adrian-furnham …

        0 replies 2 retweets 1 like
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      1. LBRoBiNsON‏Verified account @LB678 19 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @DannyBArtist @BrumUnsigned what where we saying just yesterday

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      1. Richard Overton  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿‏ @Rich4StGeorges 19 Jun 2014
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        “@BBCBreaking: UK's new disability benefit helping fewer people get jobs, internal government document says http://bbc.in/1lCKDdS ”

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      1. Terry‏ @TeltheTrekkie 19 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Next on the news, the startling revelation that water is wet

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      1. Geoff Adams-Spink‏ @GAdams_Spink 19 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: UK's disability benefit helping fewer people get jobs, http://bbc.in/1lCKDdS ” Anyone surprised? @DisRightsUK @1bullstag

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      2. jenksMichael‏ @JenksMichael 19 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking What with Ed cutting the 18 to 21,s and Dave on the attack on the Disabled not a bright future for many.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
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      1. Frank Sinatra‏ @SinatraSinatra 20 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking IDS,McVey have a lot to answer for,people were better off just after the war than they are now,because of them were 3rd world.

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      1.  ❄D 🌹wn Oliver ❄‏ @Felix_keeps_on 19 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking *Gasps* with surprise

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      1. Ian Forrester‏ @forrester_ian 19 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews This is a national scandal. The degree of Government ineptitude is breathtaking and shameful.

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      1. William Miller‏ @muggwhump 19 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking What about the hundreds of thousands left months without support? The sick and disabled re-tested over and over again?

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      1. Linda Helen Green‏ @LinHelenGreen 19 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Because they're aren't the real jobs for them, whether fully able or disabled.

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      1. Michael Wilson‏ @mickwilz_wilson 19 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking you can't expect anyone to sign off the benefit system for a minimum pay 8 hour contract, you really would have to be mad.

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      1. Lazarus Nunya‏ @lazaru5 19 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking the failure of #ESA can be summed up in 4 letters and 3 words - #ATOS and The Work Programme..

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