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British people are working longer hours, reversing a 10-year trend of a cut in the working week, a report suggests. More than one in eight people now work more than 48 hours a week, rising to one in six in London, the TUC said. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said the "disturbing" findings suggest there is "undoubted abuse of the law" by some employers. Pat McFadden, minister for Employment Relations, said "more employers than ever" were allowing flexible working. "Long term trends for the amount of people working long hours have been going downwards, with a fall of 20% in the number of people working more than 48 hours since 1997," he said.