Post-Brexit trade deal risks erosion of UK workers rights dtnext.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dtnext.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Britain's post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU) leaves workers' rights and environmental protection at risk of erosion and will slow the country's economic recovery, which has already been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a British think tank warned Sunday in an early analysis.
2020-12-27 16:36:30 GMT2020-12-28 00:36:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
An anti-Brexit demonstrator stands outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, on Dec. 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
LONDON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) Britain s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU) leaves workers rights and environmental protection at risk of erosion and will slow the country s economic recovery, which has already been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a British think tank warned Sunday in an early analysis.
The agreement offers clear benefits to Britain and the EU, which would have been lost if no deal had been negotiated, however, its commitments on labour and environmental standards are considerably weaker than expected, said the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a London-based think tank.
The government unveiled the deal struck with Brussels on Christmas Eve, just a week before its implementation.
Today, the Institute for Public Policy Research warned that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU leaves workers’ rights and environmental protections at risk of erosion and will slow Britain’s economic recovery.
The think tank’s assessment said that the bar for proof of breaches of the “level playing field” to safeguard such issues is so high that it will be rarely enforced.
Fears for workers’ rights were exacerbated by the PM downplaying commitments not to weaken protections.