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Theresa May Promised Workers’ Rights Would Be Protected After Brexit – Her Deal Suggests Otherwise
17/12/2018
For working people in Britain, her deal doesn’t take back control: it allows the Tories to take it away
Government officials have raised the prospect that hard-won workers’ rights could be reviewed by the Government after Brexit in an attempt to boost Britain’s economy, The Independent can reveal.
Labour accuses Theresa May of ‘empty rhetoric’ on workers’ rights amid changes to vital protections
03/03/2019
Theresa May has been accused of offering “meaningless empty rhetoric” on workers’ rights to win support for her Brexit deal, while quietly eroding vital protections in a no-deal scenario.
The European Parliament has approved new EU rules to protect workers in the so-called "gig economy". / The law sets minimum rights and demands increased transparency for those in "on-demand" jobs, such as at Uber or Deliveroo.
Just in time for Trump’s UK visit, Channel 4’s Dispatches looked at the food standard implications of a post-Brexit trade deal with the US. It wasn’t a pretty sight.
Dispatches goes undercover in a major US poultry processing plant to investigate chlorinated chicken, which is being pushed as part of a post-Brexit US trade deal
'Don't be conned': Boris Johnson's Brexit deal is 'meaningless' on workers' rights, union chief warns
22/10/2019
'We still have no legally binding guarantee that UK rights will keep pace with EU minimum standards'
Leaked government documents 'confirm worst fears' about workers’ rights after Brexit, says Labour
26/10/2019
The Labour Party has hit out at leaked plans to diverge from EU workers' rights laws after Brexit.
Brexit negotiator links free-trade deal to workers’ rights and environmental protection.
Michael Gove appeared to confirm reports that the guarantees have vanished from Boris Johnson's Brexit Bill. But he insisted it'll be okay - because there'll be a separate law in the Queen's Speech.
Democracy dies in darkness. Today I'm fighting to preserve it as Boris Johnson turns off the lights
08/01/2020
The PM's EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill not only drives the hardest Brexit of all, it shuts MPs out of negotiations on the UK's future relationship with the EU
Leaked copy of plan suggests UK will be told to match EU on workers’ rights, environmental protection and state aid
Just one in ten Brits wants to scrap EU regulations on environment, food and jobs after Brexit, poll reveals
27/02/2020
Only one in 10 voters wants the UK to abandon European regulations on the environment, labour market and food safety, according to a poll.
Future British governments could be unable to repeal new laws on workers’ rights, the environment, and health and safety, under the terms of the EU’s proposed Brexit trade deal.
Michel Barnier accuses UK of "backtracking" on commitments but government sources accuse EU of offering only a "binary choice".
The last chance to save us from a no-deal Brexit has now slipped by. Here’s what we lost today
01/07/2020
The negotiations which will set our relationship with our closest neighbours for the next generation are being rushed in a reckless game of chicken.
Labour expresses concern as government defeats efforts to enshrine food safety and animal welfare standards in UK law
Safeguards over data, pay and conditions, GM foods, hedge funds and disposal of old vehicles should all be binned, Daniel Hannan says.
Tory peer urges Boris Johnson to scrap EU worker and environmental protections now Brexit is done
07/01/2021
A Tory peer recently ennobled by Boris Johnson has urged the prime minister to remove EU consumer and worker protections now that Brexit has happened.
Labour says leaked proposals a ‘disgrace’ but business secretary insists government will not water down standards.
Business secretary has denied claims EU-based employment laws such as 48-hour week will be axed.
Downing Street insists "we will not be lowering workers' rights" but does not rule out changes to the EU working time directive.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed the government is looking at scrapping some EU labour laws now it is no longer bound by the bloc's rules.
UK policy was recently ruled in breach of its obligations under the European Social Charter but has yet to be changed