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Youth unemployment on the rise: 8 in the morning, August 11th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Research from the TUC suggests that youth unemployment is on the rise across the country.

* The Indie reports on the “racket” that is social housing.

* An anti-terrorism advert has been banned as it may be “offensive”.

* Gordon Brown urges Brits to give to Pakistan.

* David Cameron says that he’s middle class.

* Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell isn’t quitting. Yet….

* The Guardian discovers which ministers run the biggest (and smallest) offices.

* And Simon Jenkins says that the British left is in a mess.

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