{
  "id": 18087728,
  "title": "Cost of employing young people up by three times the rate of inflation under Labour - causing jobs slump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/cost-of-employing-young-people-up-by-three-times-the-rate-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-04T02:05:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16262827/Cost-employing-young-people-three-times.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Higher taxes and sharp increases in the minimum wage mean that taking on a worker aged 21 and over costs 20 per cent more. For 18-to-20 year-olds, the cost is up by 31 per cent.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}