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Nimo Omer

Friday briefing: Unions say Keir Starmer has backtracked on workers’ rights – are the criticisms fair?

Keir Starmer at the National Farmers’ Union conference in 2023.
Keir Starmer at the National Farmers’ Union conference in 2023. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

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When Labour announced their workers’ rights package at the party conference in 2021, it was positioned as a progressive proposal centred on ensuring that the average worker in Britain would be protected and treated fairly. It was named A New Deal for Working People, reminiscent of the radical agenda set by the US president, Franklin Roosevelt, in the 1930s, a platform to cement Labour’s commitment to workers’ rights and bolstering unions.

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