Fears over Labour's plans to boost workers' rights are plunging British firms into 'damaging uncertainty' and fuelling fears for the economy, a new survey reveals.

Business leaders raised the alarm last night over 'lack of detail' in the Government's flagship programme to give workers' a string of new rights from their first day in the job.

The warning came as a new survey showed growing pessimism among company bosses over doing business in the UK over the next five years.

More than 60 per cent consulted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) predicted a decline in the UK as a place to invest over the next five years.

Under plans championed by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner , Labour is committed to a radical 'Make Work Pay' agenda – including giving workers protection from unfair dismissal from day one of a new job

A woman working from home. Business leaders raised the alarm last night over 'lack of detail' in the Government's flagship programme to give workers' a string of new rights (stock image)

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Under plans championed by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Labour is committed to a radical 'Make Work Pay' agenda – including giving workers protection from unfair dismissal from day one of a new...

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