Stop Labour backtracking!
Media reports suggest the Labour leadership wants to weaken its commitment to ending the use of casualised contracts and bogus self-employment to deny workers basic rights. The details are vague, partly because the documents from the 22-23 July Labour Party National Policy Forum (NPF) have not been published. Angela Rayner has denied the party is watering down its New Deal for Working People , but has avoided commenting on the actual issues of controversy. One useful left-wing summary concludes: “We await confirmation that this is the trajectory — but the latest evidence is bleak”. The general...