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Frances O'Grady to challenge Vince Cable on youth unemployment
TUC general secretary and Business Secretary will go head-to-head at National Union of Students summit

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady will go head-to-head today with Business Secretary Vince Cable over youth unemployment at a London summit.

Both are speaking at a National Union of Student (NUS) event to discuss how to get over 900,000 unemployed under-24s into work.

Ms O’Grady called for a “bold new approach” ahead of the summit.

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