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Angela Rayner calls on MPs to sit 'through the night' to get workers' rights bill through parliament
Commons overturned the Lords to remove unfair dismissal pay caps, aiming to end parliamentary delays and secure royal assent before Christmas recess, MPs voted 311 to 96.
- Commons MPs voted by 311 to 96, overturning the Lords and removing the unfair dismissal cap; the bill returns to the Lords on Tuesday, with ministers hoping for royal assent by Thursday.
- To secure passage, ministers replaced a day-one right with a six-month qualifying period after the Lords rejected the measure last week, amid a late government effort to scrap compensation caps of 118,223.
- Employment minister Kate Dearden told MPs, `'We have been in ping pong for far too long, and further delay is not in anyone's best interest'`, urging an end to the delays.
- Groups including the Confederation of British Industry and the British Chamber of Commerce fear the six-month unfair dismissal compromise agreed with trade unions could be at risk, and six business groups urged peers to end the parliamentary 'ping pong'.
- Hereditary peers have delayed the bill by voting against it by 24 votes last week, and with days before Parliament's Christmas recess, ministers are racing to secure royal assent by Thursday.
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Angela Rayner and six largest employment bodies urge: pass the Employment Rights Bill
Labour’s Angela Rayner, an original sponsor of the Employment Rights Bill, gave a fiery speech in the Commons today arguing for passing the legislation as swiftly as possible. Time is running desperately low to get the bill through the Lords before parliament enters recess on 18 December. Rayner isn’t alone in her anger, either. Six of the UK’s largest business and employment bodies have written to the government urging them to ensure that the b…
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Labour FINALLY gets its workers' rights laws through Parliament as peers end their long battle over Bill - after Angela Rayner blasted them for holding up flagship reforms
Peers on Tuesday dropped their extended opposition to the controversial Employment Rights Bill, which is now poised to become law.
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