The Government's decision to abandon day-one workers' rights against unfair dismissal is not a U-turn and does not break Labour's manifesto, a senior Cabinet minister has insisted.Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted the Employment Rights Bill remained "the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation", after the Government announced a key plank of it would be dropped.

The Government's decision to abandon day-one workers' rights against unfair dismissal is not a U-turn and does not break Labour's manifesto, a senior Cabinet minister has insisted.Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted the Employment Rights Bill remained "the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation", after the Government announced a key plank of it would be dropped.