Unpaid internships - Clegg rejects ban on adverts
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has rejected calls for a ban on adverts for unpaid internships.
The proposal has been put forward by a group of large internet job sites including Monster, Milkround and Totaljobs, who believe that some of the placings they carry may contravene minimum wage legislation.
The sites estimate that tens of thousands of unpaid vacancies may be available on their jobs boards.
Labour's Hazel Blears proposed a bill in the House of Commons last year on this issue, but could not gather enough support for it and it was dropped.
