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Britain sees ‘explosion’ of low paid and insecure work, says TUC
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BRITAIN has seen an “explosion” in insecure, low-paid work in the past 14 years, according to a TUC report.
The union federation’s study found that the number of people in insecure work had reached a record high of 4.1 million.
Its analysis of official statistics shows the number of people in “precarious” employment, such as zero-hours contracts, low-paid self-employment and casual or seasonal work, increased by nearly one million between 2011 and 2023.
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