Hilary Benn MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on the EU discussion at the TUC today, said:

“Being in Europe has protected and improved workers’ rights in Britain, giving everyone statutory paid holiday, limits on working hours and improved maternity and paternity leave. We are strongly opposed to any attempt by David Cameron to try and weaken these, but the truth is if we want to protect workers’ rights the answer isn’t to leave the EU, but to get rid of this Tory Government.

“That’s why the Labour Party has always been committed to not walking away, but staying in to work together for a better Europe.”

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