Rebecca Florisson: Living precariously: The challenge of insecure work (Institute for Policy Research)

The 2024 UK Insecure Work Index estimated that 6.8 million people living in the UK (over 20% of the workforce) are in severely insecure work. It also showed that inequality in the labour market means that women, young people, ethnic minorities and disabled people are disproportionately likely to be in an insecure job. Rebecca Florisson is Principal Analyst at the Work Foundation at Lancaster University and leads a research programme on insecure work. In conversation with Fran Bennett, she discusses the realities of low pay, unpredictable hours and poor protections, and the steps that can be taken to transform the labour market to improve access to secure jobs. What is the potential impact of reforms in the Employment Rights Bill? Does the Act go far enough? This Institute for Policy Research event took place on 29 January 2026.

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This episode was published on Feb 2, 2026.

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