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Coronavirus Shows How the Government Fails Precarious Workers
The government’s new job retention measures have received widespread praise, despite ignoring the needs of millions of vulnerable workers on insecure contracts who are exempt from the benefit. Novara spoke to three workers about how their lives and livelihoods are being impacted.