Labour partially rows back on workers’ rights pledges

Party amends plan to bolster protections for gig economy as it boasts of ‘pro-business’ credentials

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Labour has partially rowed back from its policy on boosting rights for those working in the gig economy as it seeks to head off Conservative attacks on its approach to business in the run-up to the general election.

Angela Rayner, the party’s deputy leader, whose portfolio covers workers’ rights, said on Friday morning that Labour still intended to ban zero-hour contracts, tackle bogus self-employment and end qualifying periods for workers rights in the “biggest levelling-up of workers’ rights in decades”.

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