At last month’s Unite conference the country’s biggest trade union stepped up its campaign to gain improved rights for agency workers, highlighting they face discrimination and lower pay than other employees.
Unite also believe that agency staff, including many migrants, are being used to drive down pay and conditions across the public sector and in private […]

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More than half of local councils have encountered migrants suffering from housing problems such as overcrowding, according to a survey by the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services.
It found 57 per cent of councils reported housing problems linked to migration.
In some cases officers found households exceeding the legal occupancy limit and endangering the safety of […]

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