Gary Neville in Qatar/UK workers' rights row
Qatar has come under scrutiny for its treatment of the tens and thousands of migrant workers employed to build the stadiums and hotels ahead of the World Cup.foreign workers were facing "months of unpaid wages for long hours of gruelling work".
Asked about Qatar's treatment of workers, Mr Neville said: "It's abhorrent and we should detest low pay, detest low pay, poor accommodation and poor working conditions."It is just worth mentioning that we've got a current government in our country, who are demonising rail workers, ambulance workers and terrifyingly, nurses.
"We can't have people being paid a pittance to work, we can't have people in accommodation which is unsavoury and disgusting, we can't have that. It shouldn't happen with the wealth that exists and it shouldn't happen in our country that our nurses are having to fight for an extra pound or two pounds."
He has also joined Labour and appeared at the party's recent annual conference, but has ruled out becoming a politician himself.
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