Government's fire and rehire tactics are wrong - Alan Whitehead

"It's pretty telling that when asked about protecting workers amid reports of worrying fire and rehire tactics being used, the Minister pointed to the importance of it being easy to fire workers.

"These tactics are wrong, hit working people hard and are deeply damaging. The Minister should sort out his priorities."

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Notes to Editors

Speaking during BEIS questions in the House of Commons today, Business Minister Paul Scully said: "It's important to retain a flexible labour market where we remain eleventh out of 140 when it comes to the ease of hiring and indeed of firing workers to make sure that we can protect important sectors in this country."