THE new Labour government must use its first King’s Speech tomorrow to drive forward “oven-ready” legislation with the power to bring about the biggest shift in the balance of power to workers in decades, trade unions have said.

As the finishing touches are made to the speech to be delivered by a bejewelled monarch on a golden throne in the presence of MPs and unelected peers, Britain’s trade unionists will be watching closely for the announcements of plans which Labour pledged could transform labour relations after decades of attacks on workers’ rights.

TUC president and Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to deliver on the New Deal for Workers policy, adopted by the TUC and the Labour Party to boost workers’ rights and wages.