Unions call for Liz Truss to ‘come clean’ over plans to change workers’ rights

The EU working time directive could be among the protections revoked in an effort to ‘make the UK more competitive’ under a Truss leadership. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Trade unions have called for Liz Truss to “come clean” on her plans for workers’ rights should she become prime minister, after it was reported that she plans a post-Brexit restructuring of employment laws.

The foreign secretary, who is widely seen as the frontrunner in the contest to become the next PM, is considering a review of protections for workers, the Times has reported.