LABOUR leader Keir Starmer is set to unveil a weakened package of workers’ rights in the coming weeks as shadow ministers discuss how to tone down some previous pledges.
“The whole tone of everything they’ve been saying on workers’ rights has been attempting to be constructive compared to a couple of months ago,” said one lobbyist. A Labour spokesperson said the New Deal would remain a “core part of Labour’s offer to the country” at the General Election. Sources have also said Labour will clarify that their promised ban on zero-hour contracts will be a right to a contract reflecting a workers’ regular work pattern over the previous 12 weeks.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.