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'Jobs crisis' in Tory marginal seats

Friday 25 August 1995 23:02 BST
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Unemployment in key Tory marginal seats has increased by an average of almost 50 per cent since John Major became prime minister, according to figures published by the Labour Party yesterday.

Labour's spokesman on employment, Ian McCartney, said that unadjusted figures in the Conservatives' 75 most marginal constituencies rose by an average of 47.5 per cent between November 1990 and July this year.

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