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Re:UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation hits by _dain_ on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:06AM (#32150888)
>hours arranged to specifically attract people who were happy to have their income subsidised by benefits.

You don't know the half of it. I got stuck in this trap when I was a teenager:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/30/poundland-w...

It was outrageous.

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Re:UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation hits by pjc50 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:36AM (#32151201)
It was illegal. Until the government lost in court and retroactively changed the law. Absolutely disguising piece of abuse of power by the Tory government. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/mar/15/dwp-law-chan...
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