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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Sunak ‘considered banning thousands of key workers from joining union’

PA

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considered banning thousands of key workers from joining a union, reports suggest.

Leaked government emails have allegedly laid bare a series of plans – including those that would bar Border Force (BF) staff from trade union membership – described by a union chief as the “biggest attack on workers’ rights and freedoms” for generations.

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