Ed Miliband attacks Kwasi Kwarteng over past remarks on workers rights
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Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband has savaged the new business minister over his attempts to review workers rights after Brexit.
The former Labour leader turned his attention on Kwasi Kwarteng over his previous remarks about the rights of workers.
In a debate in the Commons, where Tory MPs abstained on protecting the rights, Miliband pointed to the numerous pamphlets Kwarteng had written calling for cuts to rights.
He said: “This was not some Whitehall accident, this is what they believe. Let’s talk about their record – this is a government that has cut rights to unfair dismissal, imposed tribunal fees and slashed the HSE budget.
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