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Half of young people say they will need to leave their local area to look for jobs

HALF of young people could leave their local area to look for jobs because they feel there are not enough opportunities where they live, new research suggests.

A Co-op survey of 10 to 25-year-olds found that challenges they expect to face included financial pressures.

Over a third of the 2,000 respondents to the Co-op survey said their lives will be affected by what the government does.

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