Angela Rayner gives ‘cast iron’ promise of bill banning zero-hours contracts

Angela Rayner told the TUC conference in Liverpool that ‘the next Labour government will build an economy that works for working people’. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Angela Rayner has given a “cast iron guarantee” that Labour would bring in a new bill to ban zero-hours contracts and repeal anti-strike laws within 100 days of a new government.

The deputy Labour leader, who leads for the party on workers’ rights, told the TUC’s annual conference that it was putting improving the lives of workers at its core, and would bring in a “proper living wage” to raise pay.