Party’s leader to set out plans to expand workers’ rights in speech to TUC conference

Labour will guarantee a £10 minimum wage, ban fire-and-rehire and give rights against unfair dismissal to all workers from day one in power, Keir Starmer will pledge.

In his speech at the TUC conference, the Labour leader will contrast Labour’s offer with the Conservatives’ plan to increase national insurance, saying that under the current government “working families across the country don’t get a pay rise but will get a tax rise”.

Related: Labour party pledges ethical core to Britain’s foreign policy

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