Jobless youth: I feel like a loser

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Today's unemployment figures show that the number of people out of work fell by 65,000 to 2.58 million in the three months up to May.

However, the number of people claiming job seekers allowance jumped by 6,100 last month to 1.6 million and the number of 16 to 24-year-olds who are out of work was 724,000 in the last quarter which was up 6,000 from the last quarter.

The World At One's Sima Kotecha has been speaking to a group of young unemployed people in west London. One of them told her he felt like "a loser" for not being able to get a job and another said "young people need more opportunities".

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