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New PM warned she’ll meet ‘fierce resistance’ if she goes on the offensive over workers’ rights
Liz Truss M.P. at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London after it was announced she is the new Conservative party leader, and will become the next Prime Minister. Picture date: Monday September 5, 2022.

UNIONS warned Liz Truss today that she faces “fierce resistance” if she attacks workers’ rights after entering Downing Street.

Ms Truss came under intense pressure to drop her campaign rhetoric to slash workers’ rights as soon as she was announced as the winner of the Tory leadership contest.

She also faced fresh demands to reveal her plans for tackling the deepening cost-of-living crisis, something she has so far failed to do.

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