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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 16 Oct 2013

    Work may no longer pay enough to provide a route out of poverty, government's social mobility tsar expected to warn http://bbc.in/19ThzsL 

    10:46 PM - 16 Oct 2013
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      1. Matt Maggio‏ @MaggioMatt 16 Oct 2013
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Same in the U.S. - where press reports that good-wage jobs have been replaced mostly by low-wage jobs in past five years. @BBCNews

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      1. Brian Elliott‏ @brianmelliott 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews @lumi_1984 So penalise pensioners. No mention of #TaxAvoidance, energy #cartel, renationalising #utilities or ending profiteering

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      1. Tim Pinder‏ @PinderTim 16 Oct 2013
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        MT“@BBCNews:Work may no longer pay enough to provide a route out of poverty,<impact on IDS"work always pays" promise http://bbc.in/19ThzsL ”

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      1. Sarah  🌻 & Jasper  🐾‏ @madcow42 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews We both work ling hours but have nothing left after essential bills. Neighbours on benefits have hols, new clothes, new cars

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      1. jo stone‏ @lesbojo 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews "may"????How can they not notice the reality?Maybe stepping out of their ivory towers occasionally would help?

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      1. Eric Robinson‏ @flittero 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews So things will be just how they used to be pre-war. Tory ambition is alive and well.

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      1. Sarah-Jayne‏ @SarahJayne1688 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews I truly believe it, it actually is more beneficial for people to be on benefits! I work to pay bills, thats all, no extra expenses!

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      1. John James Fairbanks‏ @johnfairbanks 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews I believe we need a sensible & serious discussion on what we mean by "poverty". For many, Charles Dickens still defines "poverty".

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      1. bachulus‏ @bachulus 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews well is BBC proud-achieved such levels of misery with their tory friends-S/E is fine sod the rest policy-your a disgrace.

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      1. lucy kent‏ @lkent45 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews the government only care about themselves. They send money to other countries that are struggling but they don't look at the uk

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      1. Helen Faulkner‏ @helenhuntress 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews been in my job 3 years and my hourly rate has gone up from £6 to £6.10. Yep...i'm skint!!

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      1. Mark Baptiste, MBA‏ @MSBaptiste55 17 Oct 2013
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        Liberalism provides no such route!!! “@BBCNews Work may no longer pay enough to provide a route out of poverty, http://bbc.in/19ThzsL ”

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      1. Eric Robinson‏ @flittero 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews David Cameron never says that he's on the side of' working people only that he's on the side of 'hard-working' people. Take warning

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      1. OLGA DIAZ‏ @olga_dobla 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews Tory?Liberal?Don't get it wrong niether did good for us, it's being going on for 20 years now. Citizen were happy to get the loan

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      1. OLGA DIAZ‏ @olga_dobla 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews true

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      1. Denise‏ @denmccarthy69 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews im a single parent working shifts and my wage pays the rent and essentials,nothing more

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      1. Jill Moon‏ @jill_moon 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCNews ya think?!?!

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