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Government departments told to ignore anti-strike laws
Deputy Labour Party leader Angela Rayner speaking at the TUC congress at the ACC Liverpool, September 12, 2023

TORY anti-strike laws which workers defied from the outset should now be ignored, government departments have been told.

Labour pledged to overturn the laws in its general election manifesto. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has now written to all government departments instructing them not to implement the laws pending their repeal.

Unions welcomed the instruction.

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