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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Ambrose and agency

Ex-offenders could help cut UK labour shortages, says report

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ReGenerate’s Good Jobs Project is supported by companies such as Greggs and Timpson, whose chief executive, James Timpson, says: ‘Everyone deserves the chance to thrive in employment.’ Photograph: searagen/Alamy

Unemployed ex-offenders are being overlooked for jobs and could help fill the 1.1 million vacancies in the UK job market, a report has claimed.

Britain is “facing one of the worst labour shortages in its history”, the year-long study said, arguing that the vast numbers of people commonly overlooked for jobs should be targeted.

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