MORE than a million jobs in the retail sector could go by 2020, a new report warned yesterday.

A year-long review of Britain’s beleagured shops carried out by the Fabian Society suggests the government has ignored the sector in spite of promises to beef up Britain’s high streets.

A task force of trade union officials, retail bosses and policy wonks commissioned by the centrist think tank found that many retailers are “aggressively squeezing supply chains and viewing labour as a cost to be minimised wherever possible.”