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Trump administration reportedly considering ‘new round of sweeping tariffs on semiconductors’ – as it happened
Julia Kollewe
August 27, 2026
Tech companies warn that move could jeopardise US hopes of dominating AI
The number of young people not in education, employment or training has fallen in recent months after topping a million earlier this year, but remains high.
There were 981,000 young people aged 16 to 24, so-called Neets, between April to June, down 30,000 from the first quarter of the year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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