passed in December<\/a>, offers significant new rights connected to sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts, including rights to guaranteed hours and payment for short-notice cancellation of shifts, and a ban on most fire-and-rehire practices.<\/p>\nTice said the act was \u201cdestroying jobs for young people\u201d, blaming it for an increase in youth unemployment.<\/p>\n
He also said Reform would also repeal the Renters\u2019 Rights Act, blaming it for reducing the supply of rental properties and pushing up rents.<\/p>\n
The legislation abolishes \u201cno fault evictions\u201d, which allow landlords to remove tenants without giving a reason, replaces fixed-term tenancies with open-ended agreements and introduces new duties over health hazards.<\/p>\n
Tice said the law had meant too many landlords found it was \u201ctoo risky\u201d to rent in case they could not remove tenants. \u201cThere\u2019s a balance of risk and reward, and too many landlords have said, enough is enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sarah Elliott, chief executive of the homeless charity Shelter, said: \u201cHow can any political party claim to stand with working families while plotting to keep them trapped in an unfair system with threadbare rights?<\/p>\n
\u201cScrapping these vital reforms will do nothing but condemn thousands to the hellish conditions they have endured for decades, while giving unscrupulous landlords free rein to turf renters out of their homes for no good reason.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clara Collingwood, interim director at the Renters\u2019 Reform Coalition, said: \u201cScrapping the basic protections in this act would be a huge setback for millions of renters, driving up homelessness and making life harder, particularly for those on lower incomes. Reform should think again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrea Egan, general secretary of the Unison union, said Reform\u2019s MPs \u201chave consistently voted against every measure to improve fairness and rights at work\u201d. She added: \u201cThese new changes are popular with the public and could improve the lives of millions. Scrapping them would be a huge mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tice\u2019s language about a great repeal act echoes that of Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig beautiful bill\u201d taxation package. In another nod to the US president, Tice said a Reform government should consider \u201ctight quotas and significant tariffs\u201d on some Chinese imports, to protect UK manufacturing.<\/p>\n
He called for a new sovereign wealth fund to invest in UK energy, including renewed oil drilling in the North Sea and fracking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about saying Lincolnshire gas for Lincolnshire jobs for Lincolnshire growth; Yorkshire gas for Yorkshire jobs for Yorkshire growth?\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s our patriotic duty to use our energy treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Childs, Friends of the Earth\u2019s head of policy, said: \u201cIf Reform truly wants to back Britain they should back the UK\u2019s vast homegrown renewable power \u2013 alongside a nationwide programme of home insulation \u2013 which would deliver real energy security.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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