Yet working conditions in services are often pleasanter and safer than on an assembly line, and average wages in the fastest-growing sectors, such as finance, professional and business services, education and health, are higher than in manufacturing.

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Because of the integrated nature of oil and gas prices on the economy, as much as 38% of the job losses felt by new energy sector taxes would affect seemingly unrelated professional fields like education, administration, health care, real estate and the arts.

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"British consultants have to meet exacting standards by providing evidence of continuing professional education and good clinical governance but the Department of Health appears not to enforce these standards on imported surgeons, " they said.

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