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Employment figures: "Black people are first out the door"
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 大象传媒's Reya El-Salahi speaks to Michael Thorpe, a former NVQ Assessor who recently lost his job.
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