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Investment has surged into the making of jet turbine blades - an extremely difficult component to make.

Overall footfall was down 3.1% in Northern Ireland, 4.3% in Scotland, 4.6% in England and by 6.3% in Wales.

The goverment argues the change will help jobseekers and could help to prevent pay discrimination.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 46.55 points.