In varying degrees all three lost competitiveness, as measured by unit Labour costs compared with Germany's.

就单位用工成本而言，与德国相比，这三个国家都不同程度地失去了竞争力。

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The result was that unit labour costs fell by 43%.

结果显示，单位劳动力支出下降了43%。

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Since 2001 Germany's unit labour costshave fallen by around 20% relative to Italy's and Spain's.

自2001年以来，单位劳动力成本相比意大利和西班牙下降约20%。

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Italy and Spain have seen sharp rises in unit labour costs and their labour-productivity growth has stalled or gone into reverse.

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David Miliband, the former Labour foreign secretary, has lobbied for a heart-surgery unit in Newcastle to survive the implementation of an NHS review of children's heart-surgery provision.

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Cotswold is a midwife-led unit for women with low-risk pregnancies who are not expected to need any interventions in labour, including epidurals.

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