If they become unemployed, low-paid workers are most likely to be on the dole for more than six months, according to a new TUC analysis.

Dr Rowan Williams has strongly criticised government plans to make the long-term unemployed do unpaid manual labour for their benefits.

At 11.5 per cent, the UK has the highest incidence of adults living in workless households of the six largest EU economies, says a new report.