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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 8 Mar 2017

    Q: Why break your manifesto pledge, chancellor? A: To address an"unfairness in the current system". http://bbc.in/2n264MD  #Budget2017pic.twitter.com/hgieLAYSbv

    Budget 2017
    Chancellor Philip Hammond - BBC News
    11:42 PM - 8 Mar 2017
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    46 replies 37 retweets 42 likes
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      2. Jo‏ @JoJofryer20 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        great, are the self employed now going to get sick pay, holiday pay, maternity/paternity cover, minimum wage?

        2 replies 3 retweets 8 likes
      3. Jo‏ @JoJofryer20 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @JoJofryer20 @BBCNews

        no incentive to start a business. Let's all go work for Tesco

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. JK‏ @JKUK235 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        - yes , the previous tax and N.I system so unfair. We all see so many self employed who just play the system. This is a good move!

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Jo‏ @JoJofryer20 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @JKUK235 @BBCNews

        No- as a business owner it's not fair. We have been saddled with workplace pensions & now this! Micro businesses screwed

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Mark‏ @markedwards001 9 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        While ignoring the criminal tax evasion of his operate friends.

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      1. matt milne‏ @filmscorematt 9 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        the #selfemployed create companies and become employers, creating wealth and jobs. next generation of start-ups, have been let-down

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      1. Jones‏ @jillyjjones 8 Mar 2017
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        pic.twitter.com/m1LLpIFTjq

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      1. Danny Clark‏ @dannyclark58 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        why make the pledge then?

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      1. Toby‏ @Toby_AKA_Dave 9 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        small businesses avoid tax as much as possible just like big business. Just because it's small, it does not make it right!

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      1. keith smith‏ @keith091270 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        because the Tories are lying bastards.

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      1. Tony Jones‏ @tonej1969 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        You cannot trust a politician.Simple.Except perhaps @Nigel_Farage no matter what you think he came through on his main promise

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      1. Sentinel‏ @Sent1492 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        welcome to the alternative acts... I pledge something and then I do something else but give me your vote I need my Bentley..

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      1. Deborah Parr‏ @DeborahParr 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        unfair to whom?

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      1. jonabhoy1888‏ @johnf_1888 8 Mar 2017
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        wanker

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      2. Marie bell #Standupforbrexit‏ @Mariebe10098426 8 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Why do all governments continue to hit us with more tax, while giving billions of our tax away? 12 billion a year foreign aid for 1

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Barry Stevens‏ @Stevens19871810 9 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Mariebe10098426

        @BurtandHal @BBCNews It's part of a pledge of been in EU I believe you must give just under 1% in foreign aid

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. toby hawkes‏ @TobyHawkes 10 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        " to address unfairness" sounds like the old logic used to justify the bedroom tax and every other measure that hits the poor more!

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      1. Alberto Thomas‏ @AlbertoThomas 9 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        nothing funny about robbing the hardest workers in society. This #Budget2017 is no joke.

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      1. Christopher Revell  🇬🇧‏ @Revenator 9 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        it was right and fair to increase national insurance for self employed. @PHammondMP

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