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Most businesses lose staff time due to problems with public services, TUC poll shows
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NEARLY six in 10 business leaders say that staff have had to take time off in the last year due to problems accessing public services, new TUC polling published today reveals.

Waiting for hospital treatment accounted for 35 per cent of the staff absences, the survey of more than 500 businesses showed.

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