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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Simon English

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Government policy is causing crisis in youth unemployment next boss warns - What They Never Told You

There is a crisis in youth unemployment and the government should reverse increases in minimum pay to get more people into work, the boss of Next has warned.

Simon Wolfson, the Conservative peer who has run Next since 2001, said that policies aimed at improving low-paid work have made it harder to hire people.

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