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Labour’s New Deal for Working People: 100-day programme and comprehensive UK employment law reforms across dismissal, tribunals, unions, contracts, status, pay, equality, enforcement, TUPE, immigration and tax

Published on: 05 July 2024

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Background

In September 2021, the Labour Party unveiled its programme for working people, titled ‘A new deal for working people’, at the Labour Party Conference. Since then, the paper has been revised multiple times, culminating in the final text—Labour’s Plan to make work pay: Delivering a new deal for working people (the New Deal)—issued shortly before the manifesto’s publication in June 2024. The Labour Manifesto confirms the New Deal will be delivered in full.

What has the Labour Party promised?

Labour has committed to:

  • Table legislation in Parliament within the first 100 days in office, including a new Employment Rights Bill
  • Advance further primary and secondary legislation within the same 100-day period, consulting fully with employers, trade unions and workers on practical implementation before laws are passed
  • Undertake a review of parental leave within the first year of a Labour government

The sections below provide a summary, by topic, of the pledges and commitments set out in the Labour Manifesto and the New Deal. It remains unclear which measures the Party intends to implement within the 100-day window...

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