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'It's Like Watching A Slow-Motion Car Crash'

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Hazel Blears, UK Social Mobility, Social Mobility, Wealth Inequality, UK News, Early Years Intervention, UK Labour Party, UK Politics News

Hazel Blears is very pleased with herself as I arrive in her office. She's just got a set of leaflets back from the printers, advertising a series of...

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The Real Problem With Internships

Ryan Shorthouse | Posted 01.10.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Professions, Internships, Social-Mobility, David Willetts, Business, Low-Pay, Employment, Volunteering, UK Issues, UK Politics News
Ryan Shorthouse

Let's stop fixating on trying to wipe out the unpaid nature of internships. This could do much harm in fact, by reducing the number of employment experiences young people, particularly those from less privileged background with lower educational attainment, can engage with to get a foot in the door.

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