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Angela Rayner: “Let me start with the argument that better wages and conditions for young people are why there are not enough jobs for…”

On the recordJune 16, 2026
Let me start with the argument that better wages and conditions for young people are why there are not enough jobs for them, and that we must retreat. Today, I want to take that argument on. Head on.
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Angela Rayner
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the Unison conference on youth employment.

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