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Radio Nottingham,4 mins

Employment figures: "Black people are first out the door"

Reya El-Salahi

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The number of people in work has reached a record high. Official figures show nearly a quarter of a million people found employment in the three months to March, the largest quarterly increase since records began. Yet, black Britain still faces the biggest fall in employment of any ethnic group. In this extract 麻豆社's Reya El-Salahi speaks to Michael Thorpe, a former NVQ Assessor who recently lost his job.

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