MILLIONS of people in Britain cannot afford a summer holiday despite working full-time, shocking new research has revealed.

European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) analysis of data from Eurostat – the statistical office of the European Union – found that the number of workers in Britain with income below the poverty line was nearly 4.3 million.

Those not earning enough to reach the threshold – set at 60 per cent of national median income – are considered “at risk of real poverty” and are likely excluded from annual getaways.