The figures, from the Department for Education (DfE), for those over school age (19- to 24-year olds) are down on 2011 but higher than they were two years ago.

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For companies looking to list today, he argues that the challenges are not meaingful higher, but there are more issues to be overcome than two years ago, such as the quality of the auditing and scrutiny over the ViE investment structure.

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The number of Americans with allergies is two to five times higher now than it was about 30 years ago, according to surveys from the National Institutes of Health.

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Unemployment is nearly 10% in Dagenham, two points higher than the London average, since Ford closed its plant four years ago and axed almost 3, 000 jobs.

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