"In a fresh setback for the government, the Lords voted to support a string of Conservative-backed amendments to the employment rights bill late on Monday for the third time running. In a protracted showdown with the upper chamber, the Lords vote curtails a manifesto promise to give workers the right to a guaranteed hours contract, and day-one protections against unfair dismissal."
"These unelected peers, with jobs for life, should not continue to downgrade and delay our plans to give everyone proper security at work. We have a democratic mandate to deliver this massive increase in workers' rights and the Lords need to realise their obstruction makes them look out of touch, undemocratic, and firmly against the interest of working people in this country."
Dozens of hereditary peers, landed aristocrats and millionaire business chiefs supported Conservative-backed amendments to the employment rights bill, delivering a fresh setback for the government. The Lords voted late on Monday to back the amendments for the third time, curtailing a manifesto promise to guarantee hours contracts and day-one protection against unfair dismissal. Supporters included 47 hereditary peers, 93 barons, 16 earls and seven viscounts, among them Charles Wellesley, the ninth Duke of Wellington. Trade union leaders and senior Labour figures condemned the move. Ministers pledged to overturn the Lords amendments amid government unease and business warnings that changes could hurt jobs.
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