Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in London, as the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes reaches its second reading
TORY ministers were accused of “spinning mistruths” yesterday after a UN labour body rejected the government’s suggestion that it supports Britain’s looming anti-strike laws.
In recent weeks, PM Rishi Sunak and Business Secretary Grant Shapps have defended plans to mandate minimum service levels during public-sector strikes by suggesting that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has backed the proposals.
However, when asked about this at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the ILO’s director general Gilbert Houngbo made clear that the organisation was not backing the Bill.
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK tells Ben Chacko that Labour can win back disillusioned voters by delivering workplace reforms, rebuilding trust and challenging the far right’s growing influence
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE