A Deliveroo-sponsored Labour conference event discussing the gig economy failed to feature a gig economy worker on the panel for the second year running.
The event, titled ‘Distinguishing between good and bad work in the gig economy’, featured a panel with Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall alongside Will Shu, the founder and CEO of Deliveroo, as well as a representative from the GMB union and the Tony Blair Institute.
But despite grappling with the question of how the gig economy works, no one on the panel was a gig economy worker, though Shu spent time as a rider when setting up the business.
