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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

UK workers facing ‘two decades of lost living standards’, union boss warns

Jess Hurd

Wages are to drop by £4,000 in real terms over the next three years, according to new analysis by the TUC, which is also warning ministers that it will take legal action if they weaken workers’ rights.

Workers are on course for two decades of “lost living standards” and the “longest squeeze” in earnings in modern history under the “toxic” Conservative government, the TUC’s general secretary is to say.

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