Government, which lost 7, 000 jobs in March, gained 14, 000 in revised February numbers, notching its first monthly increase since September.

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The numbers for February were revised to show only 14, 000 jobs were lost rather than the 36, 000 that were reported a month ago.

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Although roughly even numbers of seats would be lost across the parties - 16 Conservative, 17 Labour and 14 Lib Dems - that would represent 24.6% of the seats the Lib Dems won last year, compared to 5.2% for the Tories and 6.6% Labour.

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