Liz Truss faced calls to “come clean” over her plans for workers’ rights today amid fears she will axe employment protections.
The Tory leadership favourite is reportedly set to rip up rules covering the 48-hour working week in a bid to improve UK competitiveness.
But Trades Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “ Liz Truss ' number one priority should be to help families pay their bills this winter.
“Threatening hard-won workers’ rights is the last thing the country and working people need.
“She must come clean about her plans.”
Labour ’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said: “Liz Truss’ plan to strip workers of basic rights at work is yet another example of just how completely out of touch this Tory Government is.
“Instead of actually coming up with a plan to support working people during this crisis, Liz Truss is dreaming up plans to put a sledgehammer to workers’ rights.”
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, who is widely expected to become Chancellor if, as predicted, Ms Truss wins the battle for Downing Street.
In January 2021 a backlash forced him to axe plans for a review of workers' rights which critics feared would lead to employment protections being torn up.
Two months earlier the Treasury announced “a series of reviews to ensure regulation enhances the UK’s attractiveness to business and position as global financial hub”.
