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Originally Posted by Mr K

No surprise to see Govt promises on workers protections post Brexit quickly broken. The Victorian era here we come again....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...orkers-rights/

The Trade Unions continually seek to break this country's back . For example, they've thoroughly worked London Transport over given the £50K + salaries of tube train drivers hence the enormous cost of fares.

The Torygraph article needs to be more fully understood and includes this selected text:

Mr Johnson recently said there would be “big changes” to regulation this year but that the UK would not “regress” on workers’ rights and would not “send children up chimneys”.

But ministers believe the current laws, imported from EU law as part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, can be tweaked to benefit both businesses and workers.
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The Telegraph understands that options drawn up by officials include the removal of the requirement of businesses to log the daily reporting of working hours, saving firms money.
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On Thursday night Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, said: “We are not going to lower the standards of workers’ rights. The UK has one of the best workers’ rights records in the world - going further than the EU in many areas.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

I think they expected to see some chaps in three piece suits and bowler hats, eating jellied eels, carrying a copy of the Times, with a bulldog beside them...

I do hope that Brexit has not kyboshed jellied eels.