George Osborne’s fight for ‘full employment’
George Osborne today set himself a new commitment: to “fight for full employment in Britain”, Gary Gibbon reports.
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George Osborne today set himself a new commitment: to “fight for full employment in Britain”, Gary Gibbon reports.
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