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Government unveils youth jobs package
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announce a plan to get more young people into work, tackling the “scourge” of rising youth unemployment.
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Vestas wind turbine group plans 2,000 UK jobs
As the Bank of England cuts its growth forecast, there is some good news for Britain’s manufacturing industry with the announcement that wind turbine giant Vestas wants to create 2,000 new jobs.
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Army and Navy job losses – RAF operating at ‘full stretch’
As redundancies are announced in the army and navy and the head of the RAF says his service is ‘at full stretch’, Channel 4 News hears calls to re-open the Strategic Defence Spending Review.
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50,000 NHS job cuts hit mental health services
More than 50,000 NHS jobs will be lost over the next five years due to Government spending cuts, a campaign group claims, as Channel 4 News finds mental health services could be badly hit.
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Unemployment rises to 2.5 million
Two-and-a-half million people are now unemployed while the number of young people out of work soars to one of its highest levels in another bad blow to Britain’s delicate economy, writes Faisal Islam.
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Unions condemn spending review job losses
George Osborne said it was the day Britain stepped back from the brink. But union leaders tell Channel 4 News the spending review will lead to “wholesale unemployment”.
