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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 15 Oct 2014

    UK unemployment falls by 154,000 in the quarter to August to 1.97 million, official figures show http://bbc.in/1sKCGGW 

    1:32 AM - 15 Oct 2014
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    • ssentongo k ben Ilnomevabenecosì Deepika Rai Kyle J Wills OJ (Orange Juice) toru jhaveri Chris Bonner Sam Taylor Sid-Says:
    39 replies 183 retweets 81 likes
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      2. Sacha Jones  🏳️‍🌈 ❄️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ⚾️‏ @SachaJones93 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I don't believe it. Zero hour contracts are NOT jobs.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Stephen Clements‏Verified account @radiostephen 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SachaJones93

        @SachaJones93 @CriminologyUK @BBCBreaking I genuinely thought this was a PC term for "unemployed"

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Sacha Jones  🏳️‍🌈 ❄️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ⚾️‏ @SachaJones93 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @radiostephen

        @radiostephen @CriminologyUK @BBCBreaking with the uselessness of them, it might as well be.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. Yes!Martin‏ @MartinV1974 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking "Official" figures means Unemployment figures are falling because joobseeker claimants are getting sanctioned not finding work

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      1. Gareth Davies‏ @CllrGaDavies 15 Oct 2014
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        @BBCBreaking but the income tax take is falling, strange that!

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      1. Smith‏ @salfordsmith61 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Getting people back into work and a fall in unemployment are two VERY different things. Stop fudging the figures.

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      1. Cathy Higgins.... #GTTO‏ @JustMeBeingMe4 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @bbcbreaking And employing people on Zero hour contracts have risen by how much? .....#DontGetItTwisted

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      1. Badger Mash‏ @BadgerMash 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Real unemployment figure around 4.5 million, depending on who you count.

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      1. Shouty What's an apology  🌍 ☮️ ♻️‏ @SmedleyFarnarkl 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Was that all the unemployed and disabled cutting their wrists?

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      2. Pan Dance‏ @egnarnepo 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking IS THAT FULL TIME WORK ?

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      3. jude martin‏ @judecambridge 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @egnarnepo

        @egnarnepo @CriminologyUK @BBCBreaking Most unlikely - and is it even paid!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Pan Dance‏ @egnarnepo 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @judecambridge

        @judecambridge @CriminologyUK @BBCBreaking And why don't the BBC Question these figures

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Shasya Verouzka‏ @shasya_veruzka 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        wow @BBCBreaking: UK unemployment falls by 154,000 in the quarter to August to 1.97 million, official figures show http://bbc.in/1sKCGGW 

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      4. Shasya Verouzka‏ @shasya_veruzka 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @CriminologyUK

        i know 😉 @CriminologyUK: @shasya_veruzka @BBCBreaking don't believe everything you read in the news.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Shasya Verouzka‏ @shasya_veruzka 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @shasya_veruzka

        when i look like i trust doesnt mean i believe xxxx 😝 #news @CriminologyUK

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Ian Enters‏ @IanEnters 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Ha! Ha! Ha! Nobody I know believes "official" figures any longer.

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      1. Bailey's Dad‏ @Baileysdad4ever 15 Oct 2014
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        @BBCBreaking does this figure include the thousands who have been sanctioned unfairly or for punitive reasons? I bet it doesn't

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      1. Caymus Santo Jinky‏ @CaymusJunior 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking only cos they have thrown so many people into the no job no benefit trap leaving many way below poverty

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      2. anna woodward‏ @annawoowar 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Please give all the facts... zero hours contracts, workfare etc.This headline is misleading and does not show whole picture.

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