Labour policies would cause never ending industrial chaos, throttle productivity and stifle growth
Starmer’s recipe for industrial downfall
IF YOU think Britain’s endless strike misery couldn’t get worse, just look at the chaos a Labour Government would unleash.
Leaked documents show Sir Keir Starmer is considering making it even easier for his trade union pals to bring the country to its knees.
The policy documents, billed as a blueprint for Labour’s election manifesto, reveal proposals to rip up Tory rules designed to keep militant strike leaders in some sort of check.
Sir Keir would usher in a 1970s-style free-for-all by repealing the Trade Union Act 2016, which set unions a higher bar before they can order damaging strikes.
Labour would also push back Tory plans to force workers in key areas such as the NHS to provide vital minimum support for vulnerable people during walkouts.
On top of handing his union paymasters even greater powers to wreak havoc, Sir Keir wants to make working from home a legal right.
And his deputy Angela Rayner says bosses should be banned from contacting employees after work hours, even by sending a text or WhatsApp message.
With our economy flatlining, Britain needs such policies like a hole in the head.
At a time when the Government is trying to encourage more people back into the workplace, Labour would do the opposite.
The result would cause never ending industrial chaos, throttle productivity and stifle growth.
It is the politics of the madhouse.
Half-baked perks
ONE mob who will be delighted with Labour’s proposed trade union reforms are the striking rail workers.
They are determined to cling on to outdated perks and privileges that the Government wants to modernise.
We reveal today that one of their most bizarre Spanish practices is a right to paid time off if they use a microwave oven — for health checks.
Frankly, they are making a meal of it.
It’s not Priti for Tories
PRITI Patel’s broadside against Rishi Sunak will reopen fresh wounds in the Tory party.
Her ferocious attack at a grass roots conference may not have named the PM.
But it showed that fury over the way Boris Johnson was ousted is far from abating.
There is no doubt that Rishi has stabilised the party and boosted its appeal.
But the former Home Secretary’s speech exposed the scale of the task he faces to unite the party by the next general election.