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'Toughest time' for UK workers

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Inflation rises coupled with pay freezes are putting pressure on workers in the UK to make ends meet.

Sir Richard Lambert, former head of the Confederation of British Industry, and Dr John Philpott, chief economist at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, discuss the economic prospects for the second half of 2011.


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