33 minutes ago Angela Rayner suffers backlash in the Commons over Labour's workers' rights overhaul which could cost businesses £5BILLION a year and lead to price rises and job cuts

The Deputy Prime Minister insisted her reforms were 'pro-business' and 'pro-growth', and herald a 'new era for working people', but official impact assessments laid bare their staggering cost.

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5 hours ago Tories warn of ‘existential crisis’ as Employment Bill to cost firms billions

Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake called for small businesses to be spared from some of the changes in the Employment Rights Bill.

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6 hours ago Tories: Changes to employment rights could cause ‘crisis’ for small businesses

Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake argued the Employment Rights Bill would create ‘an existential crisis’.

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10 hours ago Employment Rights Bill will cost businesses up to £5bn a year, government’s own analysis warns

The legislation will have a greater impact on small businesses, the impact assessment warns

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11 hours ago Fury as Angela Rayner claims workers' rights overhaul will boost the economy after the government's own analysis suggests it could cost business £5BILLION a year and lead to price rises and job cuts

The Deputy Prime Minister was harangued by Tories in the Commons today as she insisted the Employments Rights Bill would have a 'positive impact on growth'.

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11 hours ago Employment Rights Bill will cost business up to £5bn a year, government’s own analysis warns

The legislation will have a greater impact on small businesses, the impact assessment warns

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12 hours ago Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – UK politics live

Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ rightIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an individual department finalises its settlements, o...

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14 hours ago Ministers admit workers' rights overhaul could cost business £5BILLION a year and lead to price rises and job cuts

The package - including flexible working, paternity and sick leave from day one - could force up prices for consumers and lead to job cuts.

Economics

16 hours ago MPs urged to back most significant overhaul of workers' rights in a generation

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak called on MPs to be 'on the right side of history'

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