One in four people ‘trapped’ in low-paid jobs

Study shows just one in six poorly paid workers permanently ‘escape’

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The UK’s “low-pay culture” leaves as many as one in every four workers “permanently” stuck on a low salary, from which they have “little chance of escape”, a new report warns.

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