10 million UK jobs at risk from computers and robots, study says

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LONDON — The robots are coming for your jobNew research suggests that 10 million British roles could be taken over by technology in the next 20 years, with one in three at risk.

Low-paid, repetitive positions are most likely to disappear and people earning less than £30,000 per year are five times more likely to lose their job to a machine than those paid £100,000, according to a joint report from Deloitte and the University of Oxford.

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“Technological advances are likely to cause a major shift in the UK labour market in the coming decades," Angus Knowles-Cutler, London senior partner at Deloitte, said. Read more...

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