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UN labour body rejects suggestion it supports British government's looming anti-strike laws
Tory ‘ministers have rightly been called out for spinning mistruths,’ TUC general secretary Paul Nowak says
Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in London, as the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes reaches its second reading
TORY ministers were accused of “spinning mistruths” yesterday after a UN labour body rejected the government’s suggestion that it supports Britain’s looming anti-strike laws.
In recent weeks, PM Rishi Sunak and Business Secretary Grant Shapps have defended plans to mandate minimum service levels during public-sector strikes by suggesting that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has backed the proposals.
However, when asked about this at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the ILO’s director general Gilbert Houngbo made clear that the organisation was not backing the Bill.
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