Anti-strike bill ‘fails to meet UK’s human rights obligations’, MPs and peers say

Union members gather in London to demand a pay rise and to protest against the government’s anti-strike legislation. Photograph: Guillaume Pinon/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Controversial legislation designed to curb strike action fails to meet the UK’s human rights obligations, MPs and peers have warned.

The joint committee on human rights has said the government’s proposed anti-strike laws are “not justified and need to be reconsidered”.