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(left to right) Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire, Labour Party deputy leader Angela Rayner, Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, Richard Parker Mayor of the West Midlands and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves during a meeting with Labour's newly expanded team of mayors, May 13, 2024
LABOUR confirmed today that it would implement in full the package of workers’ rights negotiated with trade unions.
Following a make-or-break meeting between Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and union leaders on Tuesday, a spokesman said today that consultation with business on the reforms would only focus on “implementation” and not on the policies themselves.
They will include all those agreed by the party’s national policy forum last July, he confirmed.
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