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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Number of zero-hours contracts up 75% since ‘review’ promised a decade ago

EPA

The use of zero-hours contracts has soared by 75 per cent since the government pledged to review the controversial practice nearly a decade ago, a new analysis shows.

And there has been an 86 per cent leap in the number of workers aged 35-49 placed on the arrangements – forcing more families to “rely on insecure work”, Labour is protesting.

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