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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Dec 2015

    Some 5,000 homes and businesses hit by floods in Cumbria and Lancashire to be given tax relief, UK government sayshttp://bbc.in/1RChYnG 

    8:23 AM - 8 Dec 2015
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      1. Be Proud Warwickshire‏ @BeproudLGBTQ22 8 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews good they should get full relief no one should go through this devastation at any time

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      1. Krav‏ @Beaker1068 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews I'm sure a council tax rebate will sort it out...government full of twats

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      1. Tom‏ @nezzy1985 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking why not subside some the foreign aid to fully help those effected here? Charity begins at home and all that.

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      1. DonKat‏ @ItsEmilyHerex 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews sell the PMs plane to pay for it!

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      1. Anne Usher‏ @usher_anne 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking The poor devils need a lot more help than just tax relief from the government.

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      1. Ean Tigresix‏ @IanTigersix 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking guilty concession trying to make good years of environmental budget cuts

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      1. Winchester winger #FBPE‏ @oldflier49 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews What about home/business insurance?

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      1. TruthScaresYOU  💣‏ @Path2TheTruth 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Did they do the same for @dredgetherivers @SomersetCouncil ?

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      1. Derek voysey‏ @voysey_derek 9 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews. How is it that we are not a metric country, but you do rain full in mm. Wind speed in m.p.h. Just wondered.

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      1. Gwynneth Threlfall‏ @GwynMT 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking I should think so, too!

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      1. Katie K‏ @nowtleft 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews people devastated by floods don't have to pay council tax such a generous handout NOT!!!

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      1. Christopher Andrews‏ @Andrews712H 8 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews good they need help@

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      1. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯‏ @Freerange_Inc 8 Dec 2015
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        “@BBCBreaking 5000 homes & businesses hit by floods in Cumbria&Lancashire to be given tax relief http://bbc.in/1RChYnG ” need hard cash too

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