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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Tories left ‘legacy of structural racism’ in UK jobs market, says TUC

Discarded scrap zero-hours contracts placards
The TUC says workers from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are overrepresented in insecure jobs – such as zero-hours-contracts. Photograph: Stephen Chung/Alamy

The Conservatives have been accused of leaving a “legacy of structural racism” in the UK jobs market, amid union demands to strengthen workers’ rights after a boom in insecure employment.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) said people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds had borne the brunt of insecure work, which rose almost three times faster than secure forms of employment under the Tories between 2011 and 2023.

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