Angela Rayner is emerging from cryosleep to agitate over her beloved Employment Rights Bill. According to the Guardian, Rayner will lay an amendment tomorrow to speed up the bill, with a reduced qualifying period of six months (down from two years) proposed for as soon as early 2026. A compromise reportedly accepted by the unions – “mostly”…
There is still simmering anger from Labour backbenchers over the diluting of day-one rights for unfair dismissal. Rayner’s return, buoyed by the support of former employment minister Justin Madders, is capitalising on this: she’s said to have met a number of MPs to discuss the matter over the last few days. The Red Queen over the water was never going to stay quiet for long…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”