UK’s poorest to fare worst in age of automation, thinktank warns

Machines threaten jobs generating £290bn in wages and could widen inequality gap, according to IPPR

• Richard Partington
• The Guardian

The rise of the machine economy risks social disruption by widening the gap between rich and poor in Britain, as automation threatens jobs generating £290bn in wages.

Jobs accounting for a third of annual pay in the UK risk being automated, according to the study by the IPPR thinktank.

Warning that low-paid roles are in the greatest danger, it urged ministers to head off the prospect of rising inequality by helping people retrain and share in the benefits from advances in…

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