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Tesco top employer of ex-soldiers

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco is the top employer of ex-troops, a jobs market survey has found.

The new data indicates that many former soldiers end up in low-skilled and mundane jobs when they leave the armed forces.

The findings are an embarrassment to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), which says soldiers gain highly desirable skills while serving in the army.

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