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The Chancellor has warned that Angela Rayner's planned reform of workers' rights could jeopardise rising living standards.
Jeremy Hunt's comments came as official figures show that in real terms - after accounting for inflation - wages are growing at the strongest pace since 2021.
The Chancellor said the wage figures, as well as growth in employment numbers, showed 'significant progress'.
But he claimed: 'Labour's plans would undermine all that progress.
'Angela Rayner and the unions are planning 70 new job regulations that ban flexible working, disincentivize small companies from hiring and make strikes much easier.'
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has warned that Angela Rayner's planned reform of workers' rights could jeopardise rising living standards
Mr Hunt said: 'Angela Rayner and the unions are planning 70 new job regulations that ban flexible working, disincentivize small companies from hiring and make strikes much easier'
The comments add to the growing chorus of concern about Ms Rayner's plans from business leaders including M&S chairman Archie Norman and ad industry mogul Sir Martin Sorrell.
Sir Martin, chief executive of S4 Capital, has described the plan as 'Labour's Achilles
