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Radio 4,23 Mar 2010,40 mins

Is Jobcentre Plus working?

File on 4 Investigates

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The government is promising extra help for people out of work during the recession. But, as Britain braces itself for a rise in unemployment, Allan Urry reports from the communities already hardest hit and asks what redundant steelmakers, public sector workers and others joining the dole queue can really expect at the Jobcentre.

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