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Leather/textiles bear brunt of UK manufacturing job losses

21/03/2002

Despite a slight fall in overall unemployment in the UK for February, manufacturing continued to contract losing some 158,000 jobs year-on-year in the quarter to January 2002. The leather, textiles and clothing sector was one of the worst hit, with 28,000 people losing their jobs compared with the year before.

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