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Unemployment Camps

Jonathan and his guests ask how governments can best help the unemployed and visit the site of a 1930s labour camp set up to prepare unemployed men for a return to work.

Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the past behind the present.

Jonathan and his guests ask how governments can best help the unemployed and visit the site of a 1930s labour camp set up to 'recondition' unemployed men and prepare them for a return to work.

Image: A summer unemployment camp, 1930s

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30 minutes

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Tue 7 Jul 2009 21:30
91福利社 Radio 4

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  • Tue 7 Jul 2009 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 4
  • Tue 7 Jul 2009 21:30
    91福利社 Radio 4

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  • The Long View

    History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events