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More than 700 people at 17 councils are employed on the contracts, which allow authorities to hire staff but with no guarantee of work, the BBC has found.

Councils are employing careful strategies to make the most of this additional borrowing.

Too many councils are employing staff on contracts with no guarantee of minimum hours, the union Unison claims.

Citizens Advice said 42% of people who asked it for help between January and March with council tax arrears were employed, compared with 28% who were unemployed and 30% not working due to ill health, caring responsibilities or retirement.

In the case of professional nurses, in 2005, of the 99 534 professional nurses registered with the South African Nursing Council only 43 660 (43.9%) were employed in the public sector, despite the fact that this sector covers more than 80% of the population [ 10].

A Cardiff council spokesperson said extra staff were employed from the parks department during busy times to ensure the clear up operation was done as quickly as possible.

The council said many zero-hours workers were employed for events.

Unite's regional officer Davy Edmont said: "All members of staff that were employed directly by Castlereagh council are receiving full jobs and full employment within Belfast City council.

It also said other temporary managers were employed in the same department "at great cost to council taxpayers".

The BBC used Freedom of Information requests sent to 18 councils in the west of England to determine how many people were employed on zero-hours contacts.

All engaged GPs were employed by the county or had contracts for primary care services with the county council.