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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Angela Rayner insists workers’ rights package is ringfenced

Angela Rayner smiling as she gets out of a black cab
The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, said company bosses who were critical of employment protections needed to ‘get on board’. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Angela Rayner has insisted Labour’s flagship package of workers’ rights will be ringfenced from a bonfire of regulation being pursued by the government to reboot economic growth.

The deputy prime minister said that company bosses who were critical of the proposals needed to “get on board” because bolstering employment protections was good for workers and growing the economy.

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