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Youth employment up

Youth unemployment was set to hit the one million mark again this week as The MJ went to press.

Youth unemployment was set to hit the one million mark again this week as The MJ went to press.

The latest ONS figures are expected to show an increase on the 993,000 young people out of work announced last month, which itself was up 48,000 from the previous month's announcement. Think Tank, IPPR North said young people in London and the North East are the worst affected with one in four unable to find work.

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