TRADE unions have reacted angrily to revelations that the government is planning a fresh assault on workers’ rights.

A chorus of protest followed a report in today’s Financial Times that a “post-Brexit” package of “deregulatory measures” is being prepared by the Department for Business “with the approval of Downing Street,” although it has not yet been discussed by the Cabinet or agreed by ministers.

The package was said to include scrapping the 48-hour cap on weekly working hours, “tweaking” rules on rest breaks and discounting overtime when calculating holiday pay.