A UNION took aim at the Labour government for pledging to strengthen workers’ rights while it subjects cleaners in its own Parliament to outsourced contracts under precarious conditions. 

Up to a quarter of cleaners at the Houses of Parliament face losing their jobs, the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) has revealed .

It reported that The Churchill Group, the outsourced company that was awarded Westminster’s cleaning contract in May, is planning to cut staffing by 30 to 50 people.