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THE Tories have been accused by trade unions of “betraying” the legacy of the Magna Carta by planning to restrict the fundamental human right to strike.
Prime Minister David Cameron will lead today’s jamboree marking the 800th anniversary of the signing of the charter.
But the TUC said his government’s plan to impose strike ballot thresholds were a “stain” on its legacy and the Star revealed in April that lawyers believe that the Tories’ proposals would breach International Labour Organisation conventions.
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP