The government has denied claims that some employment rights could be scrapped in the UK following the decision to exit the EU.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said that the UK "has one of the best workers' rights records in the world" as he denied claims to scrap terms such as the 48-hour weekly working limit.
It comes after the Financial Times said some protections brought in under EU law could be axed in the coming months. New rules on rest breaks and changes to how holiday pay is calculated from overtime could be proposed, the paper said.
But Kwarteng insisted he wanted to "protect and enhance workers' rights going forward, not row back on them". In a social media post, he wrote: "We are not going to lower the standards of workers’
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