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Radio 4,07 Jul 2009,30 mins

Unemployment Camps

The Long View

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Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the past behind the present. Jonathan and his guests ask how governments can best help the unemployed and visit the site of a 1930s labour camp set up to 'recondition' unemployed men and prepare them for a return to work. Image: A summer unemployment camp, 1930s

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