Labour has scrapped flagship ‘day one protections’ in Employment Rights Bill.
A U-turn the government constantly insisted would not take place after Rayner’s immolation.
There will be a 6-month probation period instead. Clown government latest…
UPDATE: Andrew Griffith, who has campaigned vociferously against the bill, says:
“This humiliating U-turn on a Labour flagship bill is a Conservative victory and will give some relief to business. But this is just one element of this rushed 330-page, job-killing legislation. It doesn’t change the fact the Bill is still not fit-for-purpose, nor does it change the fact it will give Unions the ‘Right to Roam’, ban banter in pubs, or end flexible working.”
Kemi Badenoch defended her decision not to force Tory councils to hold elections in May, telling GB News:
“It is Conservative policy that we should have elections, but I’m not a dictator. You know Nigel Farage, no one else makes any decisions, he’s a one-man band.”