UK – Employment law offers ‘excessive protections’ write rising star MPs of the Conservative party

Earlier this month, the Evening Standard leaked extracts from a forthcoming book entitled Britannia Unchained: Global Growth and Prosperity, which will be published in the run-up to this year’s Conservative Party Conference.

The book’s publishers Palgrave MacMillan describe the book as follows:

Presented by a team of rising star MPs of the Conservative party, Britannia Unchained takes us on a journey around the world, to the nations that are triumphing in this new age. Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore and Elizabeth Truss reveal global examples for Britain to take onboard […]. By implementing these lessons, Britain can once again triumph in this new age.

The Evening Standard reports that the book sees “rising star Tory MPs” call on David Cameron “to tackle ‘lazy’ Britain – and bring in tough new work reforms. […] ‘Too many people in Britain, we argue, prefer a lie-in to hard work,’ they said.”…

via Britannia unchained? Conservative MP says employment law offers ‘excessive protections’ for workers (XpertHR – Employment Intelligence).