Planning Ahead: Angela Rayner
Marks and Spencer chairman Archie Norman has become the latest boss to sound the alarm over Labour’s plans to reform workers’ rights.
The policy, led by the party’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, would see staff given rights to new jobs from day one and a crackdown on zero-hours contracts.
“Any new government must carefully consider whether a package that reduces flexibility, makes it more expensive to hire and tries to get unions back into the workplace will help attract new investment,” Norman told the Sunday Telegraph .
The M&S chairman joins a chorus of business leaders urging Labor to reconsider if Sir Keir Starmer wins the general election.
Norman, a former Conservative MP, said Britain has “some of the best employers, conditions and practices in the world”.
Responding to the comments, Shadow Business spokesperson Jonathan Reynolds said: “Labor is a proudly pro-business, pro-labor party.
“(Business leaders) want the policy certainty they need to make long-term investments.”