As we approach the next Westminster election, the debate around the powers of devolution is always guaranteed.
Last week, a former Scottish Labour official accused the UK party of “betraying” devolution amid a row over employment law powers.
Former general secretary of Scottish Labour Michael Sharpe said that devolving employment law to the Scottish Parliament could boost workers’ rights and help reduce the number of Scots reliant on zero-hours contracts.
Sharpe said it was a “huge blow” when Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, last week ruled out devolving employment law should her party win the next General Election.
She claimed Holyrood “won’t need” the powers “because I want employment law across the whole of the United Kingdom to be uplifted and better”.
Sharpe said: “The Scottish anomaly of having a greater proportion of workers on zero-hours contracts than any other country in the UK is just one of the areas of workers’ rights which successive Scottish Labour leaders have argued could be improved by devolving employment laws to Holyrood.
“Giving the Scottish Parliament power to increase upon – but not cut below – UK wide workers’ rights has also been supported by the trade unions who fund the party and has been backed by members, too.
“It’s therefore a huge blow that only days after learning of the scale of zero-hour contracts in Scotland we see a full-on London power grab from Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, who have made clear that they will no longer devolve...
By Cristina Lazo Source: SBS Canberra- based aircraft engineer Paulo Paniel acquired a thirty- year-old towbar business in 2018, which challenged him to implement systems - such as photo documenta...