The Ashton-under-Lyne MP said the pledge would form part of Labour's 'new deal for working people'
Labour will scrap zero-hour contracts if the party wins the next general election, Angela Rayner has said.
Ahead of her address to the STUC conference in Dundee, Ms Rayner, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, criticised the UK and Scottish governments over the figures, however, employment law remains a reserved power that cannot be changed by Scottish ministers."Scotland has seen an explosion of zero-hours contracts, leaving working people with insecure hours and no guarantee when their next pay cheque will arrive," she said. "This disgraceful surge in insecure work risks a race to the bottom.
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