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Keir Starmer faces a potentially explosive meeting with Labour's union paymasters over claims he is poised to water down workers' rights reforms.
Sir Keir is due to hold showdown talks with union leaders next week over the party's flagship New Deal for Working People.
The package, unveiled in 2021 and championed by Angela Rayner, included commitments to ban zero-hour contracts and give workers a 'right to switch off' without being contacted outside working hours.
It also proposed making flexible working 'a day one right', as well as removing the government's new restrictions on strikes.
However, there are rumours a 'finessed' package of measures is set to be published within weeks.
That could include allowing zero hours contracts if people actively want them, and reducing the rules on out of hours emails to a code of conduct.
Keir Starmer faces a potentially explosive meeting with Labour's union paymasters over claims he is poised to water down workers' rights reforms
Labour has denied there will be any weakening of the plan, while accepting there will be implementation detail.
In an interview with the Independent, TUC chief Matt Wrack said there will be a meet between Sir Keir and unions on May 14.
'My message is that these changes will be extremely popular and vote winners,' he said.
'This is a great opportunity for the
