Labour’s plans to boost workers’ rights widely supported by managers, poll says

Survey of business decision-makers comes as TUC hits back at corporate lobbying against the proposals

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Labour’s plans to boost workers’ rights have widespread support among senior managers, a new survey suggests, as the TUC hits back at corporate lobbying against the proposals.

In a poll of business decision-makers commissioned by the union federation and the thinktank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), several of Labour’s key workers’ rights policies were backed by a clear majority.