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7 employment rights you have lost under a Tory PM
18 May 2017
By Alex Just, employment law specialist
A Conservative Prime Minister has been in Number 10 since the Coalition government formed in 2010. Although Theresa May has described her party as "the party of workers", its track record on employment law has largely revolved around weakening protections at work. Here, we look at some of the rights workers have lost over the last seven years.
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