TORY ministers must not abandon their promises to strengthen protections against sexual harassment at work, trade unions and women’s groups insisted today.

The call followed multiple reports that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s administration plans to allow the worker protection Bill to fall following objections from Tory backbenchers. 

The proposed legislation would impose a legal duty on bosses to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and to protect staff from third-party abuse by clients and customers.