One Housing Group, managing 13,000 houses in London and the South East and employing 245 people, is attempting to fire its staff just to hire them again at two-thirds of their former wages. Unions have reacted outraged and warned that a significant fraction of the staff would not be able to pay rents and mortgages under the new wage.
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