The number of employees on zero-hours contracts has increased from 183,000 in 2010 to 583,000, newly revised figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal.
Data obtained by shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna showed the number of individuals employed on zero hours contracts had more than trebled from what the government recently claimed. In Augu...
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