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Record numbers on 'zero hours'

ITV News has exclusively revealed that a record 200,000 British workers are on "zero hours" contracts - jobs that have no guarantee of regular hours, regular pay or security. This is thought to be one of the factors behind keeping jobless rates down.

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'Zero hours' contracts leaving workers without security

ITV News has revealed a record number of workers are in jobs which have no guarantee of regular hours, regular pay, or any job security.

So-called "zero hours" contracts take people off the unemployment register, but they allow businesses, many of them big names, to summon or send home staff, often those in the lowest paid jobs, without warning.

ITV News Business Editor, Laura Kuenssberg, has our exclusive report.

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