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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart Economics editor

Minister defends changes to UK workers’ rights against costs backlash

Commuters on their way to work in Manchester city centre
Commuters on their way to work in Manchester city centre. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Labour’s radical workers’ rights reforms have simply put the UK on a “level playing field” with other big economies, the employment minister, Kate Dearden, has said.

The government’s Employment Rights Act became law last year, with specific provisions being implemented this year and next.

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