Recent Sutton Trust research was mentioned in BBC coverage of Miliband’s internships pledge.

Ed Miliband will pledge to put an end to long-term unpaid internships if he becomes the next prime minister, he will announce in a speech later.

The Labour leader will promise to ban placements that last for more than four weeks in order to end “the scandal” of unpaid work experience.

Educational charity the Sutton Trust estimates there are around 22,000 unpaid interns in the UK at any one time, with about 31% of graduates on placements not being paid.

Mr Milliband will add: “It’s not fair, it’s not right and it prevents our companies drawing on all the talents our nation has to offer.

“So we’ll put a stop to it. We’ll end the scandal of unpaid internships.”

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