Firms 'should choose unemployed Brits over foreigners'

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Businesses should take on more young British workers rather than hiring people from abroad.

That was the call from the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, who has said young people in the UK should be "given a chance".

But business groups say firms need the "best people" and migrants often have a better work ethic and skills.

Tom Symonds reports.

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