Labour's £3bn Employment Gamble: The Zero-Hour Reckoning

Labour's crackdown on zero-hour contracts would finally guarantee stable hours for an estimated 1 million workers stuck in Britain's flexibility trap — but the government's own impact assessment reveals the bill could hit £2.9bn per year. The reforms, unveiled as part of the Employment Rights Bill, would force employers to offer guaranteed-hour contracts, provide reasonable shift notice, and pay workers for shifts cancelled at short notice. Even the...