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Unemployment

There are more than four hundred and forty thousand Midlanders who are unemployed - and with 6 people chasing every job it's tough for those trying to get back into work.

Manufacturing has been one area hardest hit by the recession. Today the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne took a tour of a factory and laid out the Tory's plans for helping to create more jobs in the Midlands. He spoke to Central Tonight reporter Becky Johnson.

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