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Iain Duncan Smith

Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.

Iain Duncan Smith

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The government alone cannot solve the problem of unemployment and welfare reliance. To help young people find jobs, businesses must hire locally instead of relying mainly on foreign workers.

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