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- catalog abstract ""Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee took up the challenge: living in one of the worst council estates in Britain and taking whatever was on offer at the job centre. What she discovered shocked her." "In telesales and cake factories, as a hospital porter or a dinner-lady, she worked at a breakneck pace for cut-rate wages, alongside working mothers and struggling retirees. The service sector is now administered by seedy agencies offering no prospects, no screening and no commitment. And, perhaps, most damning of all, Toynbee found that, despite the optimism of Tony Blair's New Deal, the poorly paid effectively earn less than they did thirty years ago."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12747850.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Social conditions 1945-".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee took up the challenge: living in one of the worst council estates in Britain and taking whatever was on offer at the job centre. What she discovered shocked her." "In telesales and cake factories, as a hospital porter or a dinner-lady, she worked at a breakneck pace for cut-rate wages, alongside working mothers and struggling retirees. The service sector is now administered by seedy agencies offering no prospects, no screening and no commitment. And, perhaps, most damning of all, Toynbee found that, despite the optimism of Tony Blair's New Deal, the poorly paid effectively earn less than they did thirty years ago."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "242 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0747564159".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Bloomsbury,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Social conditions 1945-".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "305.5690941 21".
- catalog subject "HD4921.G7 T69 2003".
- catalog subject "Minimum wage Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Poverty Great Britain.".
- catalog title "Hard work : life in low-pay Britain / Polly Toynbee.".
- catalog type "text".