Unemployment
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The South East is a terrible place to earn a living - study reveals the best
Dick Whittington was right, the streets of London aren't paved with gold - although they could be washed clean with the tears of every young person who thought they would find their fortune in the South East, but instead found a grotty
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Middle income families are the 'new poor'
Work isn't paying for huge numbers of middle income families. A new report has revealed that the lives of these families are similar in many ways to those on low incomes: half of them rent now rather than own their own home, and almost a
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Abolishing taxes saved a dying Hungarian village
A world away from Panama, the sleepy eastern Hungarian village of Komlóska has become a kind of tax haven – to survive. The village of 300 inhabitants is in one of Hungary's poorest regions with high unemployment and a
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Where are the happiest and most miserable people in the UK - and why?
A new study has revealed something that people who live outside the capital have suspected for some time: Londoners are the most miserable people in the UK. The figures, from the Office for National Statistics, found they had the lowest scores
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The ten worst places to live in the UK
Bradford has been named the worst place to live in Britain. The researchers from USwitch assessed quality of life on the basis of salaries, the cost of living, crime rates, education, broadband and mobile reception. Bradford suffered
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Government urged to bring back compulsory work experience
The Government is being urged to reverse its "careless" decision to end compulsory work experience for school children, to help tackle youth unemployment. A study by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) found that most firms and
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Higher unemployment rate 'not behind a rise in crime'
Rising unemployment does not lead to an increase in crime, according to new research. A study has found that the relationship between the economy and crime rates has varied over time with the link between unemployment and property crime - which
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