Johnson failing to strike a trade deal with the European Union would be “an act of vandalism” that would put millions of jobs at risk, the UK’s top union official has warned.
TUC chief Frances O’Grady said the Prime Minister needed to “get on with the job” of reaching an agreement if he was serious about protecting the economy.
The Government has been accused of attempting to sabotage trade talks with Brussels by planning to over-write the Brexit deal Mr Johnson signed just last year.
Ahead of this weekend’s TUC conference, Ms O’Grady warned that ministers should “stop posturing” and show they were serious about tackling the economic fall-out from the coronavirus crisis.
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