Theresa May is expected to propose a draft bill guaranteeing that UK workers’ rights will keep pace with those in Europe in an attempt to get Labour MPs to back her Brexit deal. We aren’t basing anything on a promise, with all due respect to the prime minister. “We’ll have to wait to see, the prime minister presumably was listening,” he said. And that is, we’d like to see stronger commitment from the prime minister in relation to workers’ rights. “By voting down the deal, MPs can create the conditions to bring down the government and force a general election, giving us the chance to get a government for the many.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2019 19:34 UTC