Labour MPs to demand more concessions on workers’ rights after government climbdown

Justin Madders, former employment rights minister, said the government’s climbdown ‘raises questions about how committed the government are to the bill’. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/Alamy

Labour MPs are preparing to demand further concessions on workers’ rights as the price of accepting ministers’ decision to ditch plans for day-one protection against unfair dismissal.

MPs who are unhappy about the move will push for stronger protections in other areas, such as bogus self-employment arrangements, as part of Labour’s “make work pay” agenda.