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Shopworkers lobby MPs on more Sunday trading

SHOPWORKERS will lobby MPs in Parliament today to oppose Tory plans to extend Sunday trading laws.

Supermarkets’ Sunday opening is currently limited to six hours.

But the Tories intend to wash their hands of responsibility for Sunday trading by passing decision-making powers on the issue to more than 300 local authorities.

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