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THE government has watered down a promise to enshrine workers’ rights and environmental safeguards in law while the Brexit Bill is being prepared to be reintroduced in Parliament this week.
Downing Street suggested that PM Boris Johnson is no longer committed to pledges he made to MPs in October in order to garner their votes in support of his Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB), according to the Independent.
Its draft included provisions to ensure that workers’ rights were not weakened after Brexit, but Downing Street refused to confirm that a new draft of the Bill would include them.
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