The Bill introduced into Parliament by Lindsay Hoyle MP, with the support of the trade union movement, to increase redundancy pay has cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons. MPs voted 85 to 17 to give it a Second Reading. The Bill seeks to tie maximum redundancy payments to average earnings.
However it was not all plain sailing. Lindsay accused the Government of using "shameful" tactics to try to block the Bill. A report is available on the BBC website.
With the Government opposing the Bill, it will be necessary for union activists to continue to put pressure on their MPs to actively support the law as moves through its Parliamentary process.
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