The dread and pain of zero-hours contracts

“Lies, damned lies and statistics.” That was the damning comment on the government claim that the UK has record employment.
Shirley Scott for the service group executive opened today’s debates at UNISON’s local government conference in Liverpool with a motion on zero-hours contracts.
She pointed out that zero-hours contracts – now seen in local government, “particularly in social care”– are linked to “privatisation” and are simply a &ld