Britain faces ‘return to Victorian inequality’

TUC report says UK is at risk of reverting to 19th-century conditions

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The UK faces a return to the working conditions of the Victorian age, the head of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned.

Frances O’Grady, the TUC’s general secretary, told The Guardian: “We’re at risk of going back to 19th-century working conditions. Millions of workers have no control and no voice at work, with increasing numbers stuck on low pay, zero-hours contracts, and in sham self-employment.”

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