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What job prospects face the class of 2012?
Channel 4 News reporter Fatima Manji returns to the school she left just a few years ago to see how the class of 2012 are facing up to finding a job.
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FactCheck: Work experience or slave labour?
“Much like the French Foreign Legion, the scheme is “entirely voluntary” to enter, but there may be an element of compulsion later on if you decide to leave.”
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Welfare-to-work: how the scheme works
With the government’s welfare-to-work programme in the spotlight, Channel 4 News looks at the schemes on offer for the unemployed.
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After 2,000 applications, Stephen gets a job
Channel 4 News has been following Stephen Stubbs’ 15-month job hunt, and after 2,000 job applications Stephen can reveal he is no longer one of the UK’s 2.7 million unemployed people.
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FactCheck: Youth unemployment – how bad is it really?
Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last month with much furore, prompting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to wade into the waters with some perspective. FactCheck takes a look at the findings.
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Tesco offers paid placements after ‘exploitation’ claims
As more companies reconsider the government’s unpaid work experience scheme, Tesco decides to offer paid placements – and advises ministers to remove the sanctions for participants who drop out.
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Deal with France will boost British jobs, says PM
A deal struck between the UK and France on nuclear power will help to ensure that the bulk of work in the industry goes to British firms, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
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Ad for job with no pay a mistake says Tesco
The supermarket chain Tesco has said a job it advertised for a night shift worker with no wages was a “mistake” after a deluge of criticism.
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How working life has changed during the downturn
Alongside increasing unemployment, there has also been a steady rise in the numbers of self-employed and part-time workers. Channel 4 News analyses the phenomenon.
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FactCheck: Cameron nailed on job claims
Are there more people in work today than there were at the time of the last election as David Cameron claims? Channel 4 News FactCheck finds out.
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Little Chef to slim down and axe 600 jobs
The motorway service station chain Little Chef is shutting 67 outlets and axeing almost a third of its workforce. But Greggs the bakers are raising a toast, after seeing their Christmas profits soar.
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Opting out of EU talks ‘could risk 3m jobs’
Sir Richard Branson and other British businessmen urge the government to “re-engage in the decision-making process” within the EU, which they say is vital to the British economy.
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Unemployment rises to 17 year high
The jobless total rises by up 128,000 to 2.64 million – but the number on benefits is falling. One employment expert tells Channel 4 News that people are being “slung out of the benefits system.”
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FactCheck: Clegg’s Youth Contract vs Labour’s Future Jobs Fund
Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last week, and within days Nick Clegg has a billion pounds and a plan. The same thing happened in April 2009: youth unemployment hit an all-time high, and Labour rushed out the Future Jobs Fund, pledging a £1bn. But this time it’s different, says Mr Clegg – this time taxpayers will get value for money and the jobs will last longer. Is he right or is FactCheck having a déjà vu?
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£1bn youth job scheme to tackle ‘social disaster’
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg outlines his flagship £1bn youth jobs programme. But will it work and is it any different to previous schemes? Channel 4 News FactCheck investigates.