UN report attacks austerity budgets for growing inequality

Study says spending cuts have encouraged rise of robots and AI and heightened job insecurity, particularly for women

Austerity budgets adopted by governments across the world since the 2008 financial crash are to blame for undermining the job security of millions of workers and threatening the progress made by women in the workplace, according to a UN report.

The threat to jobs from the growing use of robots and artificial intelligence has been exacerbated by a lack of government investment and lack of state support for skills training, the report also said.

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