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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kiran Stacey

Rishi Sunak has abandoned Tory pledge on workers’ rights, says former jobs tsar

Rishi Sunak visits a construction site in April 2021
Rishi Sunak visits a construction site in April 2021. His government is planning to block public sector strikes. Photograph: Lee Smith/AFP/Getty Images

The Conservatives’ former employment tsar has accused Rishi Sunak of abandoning the party’s commitment to improving workers’ rights after the business minister said many of the policies in the 2019 manifesto would not be implemented imminently.

Matthew Taylor, who was recruited by Theresa May to conduct a wide-ranging review of Britain’s employment laws, said the government had delayed putting in place many of the measures he recommended in 2017.

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