Guido can reveal that the Employment Rights Bill – whose amendments are being considered in the Lords today – will have an outsized impact on small and medium sized enterprises. SMEs are dreading the legislation…
A survey of 500 SMEs conducted by FTI Consulting shows the extent of the impact:
All that will slow down trading among SMEs:
On those grounds three quarters of SMEs say there should at least be a delay of two years prior to the implementation of the bill’s provisions. As costed by the Growth Commission this morning…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”