Writing for the Times, columnist Deborah Ross reflects on new Sutton Trust research into unpaid internships.

A study has found that unpaid internships can cost interns £1,000 a month, but the cost to society is far higher

Hot on the heels of the Oxford University-LSE study that showed upward social mobility is faltering comes the Sutton Report saying unpaid internships cost interns nearly £1,000 a month in living expenses or, to put it another way, and as the advertisements for such internships should clarify, but never do.

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