The hidden jobless: poverty persists as Liverpool's fortunes change

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Gerrard Shields watches with a wry smile when Liverpool stars such as Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino pass his home to reach the club’s Melwood training ground. A team paid more than £2m a week between them, gathering in Lamborghini and Bentley sports cars in one of the most deprived places in the country, is an irony not lost on the unemployed 55-year-old.

 

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