A TORY-led Brexit and the imposition of the Internal Market Act have led to threats to devolution in Scotland and could increase the exploitation of workers, trade unionists heard today.

Speaking in a debate on building a “Scotland fit for the future” at the 124th STUC Congress, union members hit out at moves by Conservatives at Westminster to limit workers’ freedom of movement. 

Concerns were also raised about attempts in the Internal Market Act “to take back powers devolved to provide financial aid to industry,” which the movers claim is to ensure that “Westminster will be able to replicate the restraints on state ownership and state intervention previously embedded in EU treaties and regulations.”