What are the long-term impacts from prolonged insecure work on the life chances of individuals, including on family formation and stability, opportunities to get on the housing ladder and healthcare needs?

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The department wants to build the evidence base for the impacts that jobs with higher pay, better working conditions and security can have on employees and the knock-on impacts on society as a whole.

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