Tag Archives: Employment Bill

Workers’ rights: are we nearly there yet?

Posted on December 2, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

Back in May, as we waited to see whether the Queen’s Speech would include the repeatedly promised Employment Bill, I noted on this blog that the Government had no fewer than 12 outstanding key pledges on workers’ rights, some of … Continue reading →

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Come together: the ballad of the PMBs

Posted on November 15, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

Last month, I noted on this blog that no fewer than six Government Bills masquerading as Private Members’ Bills are progressing through Parliament, to make up for the Government having shelved its repeatedly promised Employment Bill. And there has been … Continue reading →

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Workers’ rights: Back to the future of December 2019?

Posted on October 25, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

So, with the “new era” of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng having lasted all of seven weeks, Rish! Sunak is back in Downing Street. And, shortly before being clapped through the lobby of Number 10 by the waiting officials and … Continue reading →

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So. Farewell then, BEIS minister Paul Scully

Posted on July 9, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

With apologies to EJ Thribb Update, November 2023: Sadly, Minister Scully did not get to do much, if any, levelling-up as Minister of State at the DLUHC, as in October 2022 he was demoted back to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State … Continue reading →

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The Taylor Review is dead, long live the Warman Review!

Posted on May 16, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

So, just two days after shelving a repeatedly promised Employment Bill intended to deliver a raft of policy pledges made as long ago as February 2018, Boris Johnson has launched a new review into the future of work. Because the … Continue reading →

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Workers’ rights: delivery delays

Posted on May 3, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

Now that Boris Johnson has put his lockdown-busting partying behind him and just wants to “get on with delivering”, perhaps he and his Government will use next week’s Queen’s Speech to finally start delivering on some of their many outstanding … Continue reading →

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Employment Bill: other legislative vehicles are available

Posted on April 4, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

Three weeks ago on this blog, I suggested – with a little help from the great Tracey Thorn and Ben Watts – that ministers have shelved their long-promised Employment Bill (again). And on Friday a (rather thinly evidenced) story in … Continue reading →

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Missing: the Employment Bill

Posted on March 17, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

[With apologies to Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt] I step into HansardI’m wonking down your street againAnd past your door, but you don’t live there anymoreIt’s two years since you were in the manifestoAnd now you’ve disappeared somewhere, like outer … Continue reading →

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