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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Labour urged to tackle Britain's 'brain drain' as thousands of young people leave UK for life abroad

Ministers have been urged to tackle the UK’s “brain drain” after it was revealed young people were leaving Britain in high numbers.

Some 174,000 16 to 34-year-olds left the country in the year to March, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

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