Chuka Umunna, there’s no excuse for unpaid ‘student placements’ | Phil McDuff

Whether called internships or placements, these schemes damage the economy as well as young people’s prospectsLabour MP Chuka Umunna didn’t set out to cause controversy when he advertised a student placement role in his office. Until the advert was picked up by the Graduate Fog website, which campaigns for fair internships and better treatment of graduates by employers, nobody thought there would be an issue. After all, while it’s Labour party policy to ban unpaid internships,