Wages will fall if the government succeeds in its attempt to legalise strike breaking with agency workers, a senior economist has warned.
Plans have been laid before Parliament to repeal a 2004 law barring agencies from supplying temporary workers to cover employees who take industrial action. The legislation is tabled for today, although no vote is expected to happen until a future date.
Announcing the legislation last week, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the government was revoking protections for striking workers in response to the industrial dispute between train companies and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).
