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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Employment rights bill ‘improves Labour’s favourability among voters’

Nigel Farage at a campaign press conference in Dover: he wears a blue suit and is holding a sheaf of papers as three large, bald men with beards stand around him; another person is holding up a hand in front of the camera.
Nigel Farage has said the protections against harassment would ‘ban banter’ in the workplace. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Labour’s employment rights bill could substantially increase the party’s plunging popularity with Reform and former Conservative voters, but few are aware of the changes, new data by a pollster has suggested.

Among the most popular policies is on workers’ prevention from harassment, which has an extremely high favourability rating – despite significant criticism from Nigel Farage, Reform UK politicians and the Conservatives, who have sought to portray it as a “banter ban”.

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