Alison Kershaw of the Press Association reports on new Sutton Trust research into unpaid internships, via the Huffington Post.

Almost a third of university graduate interns are working for nothing in a bid to kick-start their career, even though it can cost them hundreds of pounds a month, research suggests.

At any one time, there are at least 21,000 people working as unpaid interns in the UK, according to a new analysis by the Sutton Trust.

It warned that unpaid internships are increasingly seen as the first step towards a career in highly competitive professions, such as journalism, politics and law, but many people may be losing out because they cannot afford to work for free.

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