The number of frontline health and safety inspectors has been slashed by 25% in the last six years, according to figures uncovered by union Unite.
Unite obtained the figures via a Freedom of Information request. They revealed that in 2010 there were 1,311 inspectors, but by 31 December 2016 that number had reduced to 980.
The union states that workers’ lives are being placed at risk and has released the research ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day to highlight the increasing lack of enforcement and safety protection in the workplace.
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