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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 17 Apr 2015

    UK unemployment fell by 76,000 to 1.84m (5.6%) between Dec & Feb, @ONS sayshttp://bbc.in/1G07Iyx 

    1:31 AM - 17 Apr 2015
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        UK employment rate of 73.4% from Dec to Feb is highest on record, @ONS says http://bbc.in/1G08348 pic.twitter.com/j6QzfnlDNc

        50 replies 452 retweets 285 likes
      3. Hoss‏ @Hossylass 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @knitpuppy @ONSpic.twitter.com/dEc2hPTmKJ

        3 replies 4 retweets 2 likes
      4. GeorgeMcF‏ @Georgenecs 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @Hossylass

        @Hossylass @msparsley @BBCBreaking @knitpuppy @ONS 900,000 Sanctioned Or 750,000+ Appeals Claiments Making Unemployment Around 4.8 Million

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Hoss‏ @Hossylass 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @Georgenecs

        @Georgenecs @msparsley @BBCBreaking @knitpuppy @ONS Unemployment falling is possibly the vaguest indicator they could use, popular soundbite

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. GeorgeMcF‏ @Georgenecs 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @Hossylass

        @Hossylass @msparsley @BBCBreaking @knitpuppy @ONS Please Also Bear In Mind Tories Changed The Way Unemployment Is Calculated.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. Hoss‏ @Hossylass 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @Georgenecs

        @Georgenecs @msparsley @BBCBreaking @knitpuppy @ONS I am unsure what you mean... they use those on JSA, who are not on WP, MWE, etc

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      2. Jason Simmons‏ @simmo_jl 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @ONS all on Zero hours contracts no doubt!!!! Pathetic !!!!!

        1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
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      1. Alex Tomlinson‏ @alexillustrator 17 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCPolitics @ONS Bullshit! All zero hours, benefit sanctions and 'self employed'. Nobody 'employed' enough to pay any tax.

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      1. Dfrench95‏ @Dannyf134 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @cnnbkn

        @cnnbkn oh do fuck off

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      1. P‏ @pauldelaney2012 17 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @ONS lol Zero hour contracts and work for nothing schemes on the up then.

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      1. James *the Tories are criminals* Blake‏ @BlakeKM 17 Apr 2015
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        .@BBCBreaking @ONS You do realise that reporting such distorted Tory propaganda rubbish as this even further diminishes your credibility?

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      1. Dazz  ⚒ ⚒‏ @dustydaz 17 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @ONS What u mean is 76k sanctions in that period.

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      1. Free speech‏ @EdEddieknowles2 17 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @ONS more zero hrs contact an ppl getting benefit sanctioned

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      1. Free speech‏ @EdEddieknowles2 17 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @ONS an also if u work for ur benefits ur classed as employed

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      1. carl stanley‏ @carlwstanley 17 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @David_Cameron @ONS this is a false figure tell the truth if you kick people off the dole it doesn't mean there working

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      1. Wendy Parkin #PCPEU‏ @parkinette 17 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @ONSpic.twitter.com/dS8kry9Txq

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      1. James *the Tories are criminals* Blake‏ @BlakeKM 17 Apr 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking @ONS Meanwhile numbers of people in training, zero-hours work, workfare, PT, minimum wage, has risen by 76,000. #sarcasm

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