More than a tenth of UK workers fear losing their job in the next year as a result of the economic slowdown, according to research by the TUC.

A poll of 3,000 workers found 13% felt their position could be at risk, which equates to 3.3m people nationally.

Workers in Wales and Scotland felt most threatened, the survey found, while those in the east and London were most confident they would not lose their job.

"This does not mean that unemployment will rise by anything like 3m but it does show just how jittery people have become about the economy and their own job," said TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.

Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that unemployment rose by 60,000 in the three months to June.