Temping is up and permanent jobs, and the outcome of this ‘toxic mix’ is going to be messy – how have we let things come to a point where young people can’t get a job they like and stay in it, asks James Moore W hat to do when you have to find people to complete a project, to fulfil a work order, or just keep things ticking over when the finance director has imposed an indefinite hiring freeze? Grab a temp. And then when their contract is up? Grab another. That is where we are: temp Britain.