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Politics
Harry Taylor

Workers’ rights Bill ‘step forward’ says Government as it urges against changes

Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London in September (PA/Yui Mok) - (PA Wire)

A Bill giving workers in the UK more rights has been hailed as a “major step forward” by the Government, as it told MPs not to back proposed changes by the House of Lords.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the Employment Rights Bill, which he is now leading through the Commons after the resignation of Angela Rayner, represented an updating of safeguards for workers, with improvements on zero-hours contracts, unfair dismissal and access to sick pay.

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