Focus on boosting workersâ rights to see off Farage threat, Starmer told
A new survey commissioned by the TUC and Hope Not Hate has revealed that banning zero hours contracts is supported by two thirds of Reform and Tory voters
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Keir Starmer has been warned that the best way to see off the threat from Nigel Farageâs Reform UK is to dramatically improve workersâ rights, not try to mimic him on migration.
New polling commissioned by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the campaign group Hope Not Hate have revealed that Reform voters strongly support plans to improve workersâ rights and ban exploitative practices by employers including zero hours contracts.
It comes as Nigel Farageâs party has come top in a number of polls over the last week, while Labour was criticised for taking a hardline stance on migrants in a bid to appease voters who might switch to Reform.
This weekend Labour veteran MP Diane Abbott warned that Sir Keir was turning the party into âReform-liteâ.
Farageâs supporters want stronger workers rights even if he opposes them (EPA )There are concerns too that chancellor Rachel Reevesâ renewed push for economic growth could see an attempt by the government to water down the workers rights legislation with pressure mounting from bosses of major companies.
The MRP survey revealed voters in every constituency are projected to support key workersâ rights policies â including in Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenochâs constituencies.
TUC says a poll shows Reform is âdefying its own voters and constituentsâ with its opposition to landmark workersâ rights legislation.
In Farageâs Clacton seat, 70 per cent support banning zero-hours contracts and 71 per cent support sick pay from day one.
In all five Reform-held seats, more than 70 per cent support both issues.
Meanwhile, in Ms Badenochâs North West Essex seat, 69 per cent support banning zero-hours contracts and 71 per cent support day one sick pay.
The TUC claimed this shows an âundisputable mandateâ for the flagship workersâ rights legislation.
The poll of over 21,000 people comes after criticisms of the Employment Rights Bill from Ms Badenoch, Mr Farage and parts of the business lobby.
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said: "Make no mistake, the governmentâs landmark Employment Rights Bill is a vote winner.
âOpponents of the Bill are a world away from the views of the British public. These policies are massively popular right across the country, and right across the political spectrum.
âAfter the failed Conservative era of a low-rights, low-pay, and low-growth economy, voters can see the importance of making work pay and ending the scourge of insecure work.â
The survey revealed that 65 per cent of Reform voters and 63 per cent of Conservative voters from the 2024 general election support banning zero hours contracts.
Meanwhile, 64 per cent of Reform voters and 62 per cent of Tory voters backed sick pay from day one.
Addressing the disparity between Reform voters and the partyâs policies, Mr Nowak added: âReform is defying its own voters and constituents on workersâ rights. Reform MPs voted against the Employment Rights Bill at every stage.
Starmer has to deal with a surge in support for Reform (Oli Scarff/PA) (PA Wire )âNigel Farage and Reform arenât on the side of working people â theyâre on the side of bad bosses, zero hours contracts and fire and rehire.â
Hope Not Hate chief executive Nick Lowles said: âReform UK is emerging as a major political force in Britain, and a serious threat to the Labour government's majority.
"Reform voters aren't a homogenous bloc - a sizable number of these voters are actually supportive of multiculturalism and immigration.
âBut one thing most Reform voters have in common is their support for stronger rights at work - from banning zero-hours contracts to making it easier for workers to work flexibly.
"Measures like these are an antidote to the sense of pessimism tempting voters to Reform UK.â
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