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Unions and recruiters blast rehashed plan to let agency workers fill in during strikes

UNIONS and recruiters have urged the government to abandon its renewed bid to lift a ban on agency workers to fill in for striking staff.

The TUC and Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) warned today that the “ill-judged” proposal could prolong disputes.

Ministers are resurrecting the plans despite suffering a High Court defeat in June, which saw the presiding judge criticise them for acting in a way that was “unfair, unlawful and irrational” as they rushed through the new laws.

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