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Why is youth unemployment in the UK rising?
Season 1, Ep. 1306
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Youth unemployment in the UK is now higher than the European Union average for the first time since records began. Why are young people finding it so hard to get a job?
Writer and producer: Jonathan Lewis
Host: Ada Barumé
Episode photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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