Angela Rayner calls on MPs to sit 'through the night' to get workers' rights bill through parliament

Clock ticking on Angela Rayner's workers' rights bill

Angela Rayner has issued an angry call to MPs to sit "through the night" to stop hereditary peers delaying her flagship employment rights bill.

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Angela Rayner calls on MPs to sit 'through the night' to get workers' rights bill through parliament

The former deputy prime minister's flagship bill is being delayed by peers with just days to go before the Christmas break.

Clock Ticking On Angela Rayner's Workers' Rights Bill

Angela Rayner has issued an angry call for MPs to sit "through the night" to stop hereditary peers delaying her flagship employment rights bill.

Who Does Parliament Serve?

The House of Lords’ repeated delays to the Employment Rights Bill have become a test of how — and for whom — Britain’s democratic institutions function.The House of Lords has repeatedly frustrated and weakened the legislation to strengthen workers' rights. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)Parliamentary ‘ping-pong’ occurs where the House of Lords fails to agree a piece of proposed legislation with the House of Commons. The Commons sends a bill it has appr…