Record numbers of Britons are working part-time after those struggling to find full-time positions pushed the figure above the eight-million mark for the first time.
Official figures show that 8.07 million people toil for fewer than 25 hours a week – the highest figure since records began in 1992.
One in seven of them would like to work longer but can’t find the job, while others only remain in part-time employment because they can’t afford to retire.
The grim figures came amid warnings that the so-called ‘Olympic effect’ – which has helped overall unemployment fall in recent months – will end after the summer.
Union bosses said the booming numbers of part-time workers only reflected soaring levels ‘despair and waste of human talent’ and they called for George Osborne to be axed as Chancellor…
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