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Old 02-04-2013, 10:28 AM #16
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Thumbs down Chancellor George Osborne to defend benefits changes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21998784

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Chancellor George Osborne is to defend benefits and tax changes, saying "nine out of 10 working households will be better off".

Mr Osborne is set to say: "For too long, we've had a system where people who did the right thing - who get up in the morning and work hard - felt penalised for it, while people who did the wrong thing got rewarded for it.

"That's wrong. So this month we're going to put things right."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10604117

20 March 2013

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Unemployment

The number of people out of work rose by 7,000 to 2.52 million in the three months to January, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The unemployment rate of 7.8% of the economically active population was unchanged from the previous quarter.
Where are the jobs, George .....
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