Facebook promised that it would address the issue of developers unknowingly dishing out Facebook user IDs to third parties, and it's now finally laid out it's full response to the problem.

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And the chancellor who would be prime minister, Gordon Brown, lets it be known that he has always believed in favouring the poorest when it comes to dishing out help.

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Could it be because officeholders keep dishing out increasing amounts of public money to citizens and corporations?

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For staff members used to dishing out benefits, this is almost as big a change as it is for their erstwhile clients.

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