19 Sep 2024

UK: Flexible work rights, migration crackdown sought,

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 19 September 2024
The UK Parliament

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UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about the 800,000 people who have left the labour market since the pandemic, the biggest drop since the 80s.

It comes as the government ignores the rules requiring civil servants to be in the office three days a week and plans to give staff more flexible working rights.

PM Keir Starmer is holding talks with Italy over how to emulate its successful crackdown on illegal migration, as his predecessor John Major says the previous government's Rwanda asylum plan was 'un-British'.

And could making a pint smaller help the nation's health?