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.

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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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