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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Moore

Johnson government keeps Trumpian fires burning with review of workers’ rights

Photograph: PA

On the day Joe Biden was inaugurated as president of the United States, the British government seemed keen to stake its claim as the keeper of the Trumpian flame.

Take the issue of workers’ rights. Last week the Financial Times reported that they were at risk, with the government considering plans to tear up the EU’s labour market rules.

No, no, no, said business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, who retweeted the Pink ’Un’s headline for the purposes of pouring cold water over it.

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