Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, commenting on reports drivers for food delivery company Deliveroo are to demonstrate over changes to pay, said:

“Deliveroo workers are right to demand proper pay and conditions. The company is offering a return to a Victorian system which has no place in modern Britain.

“Flexible working may suit some workers who have domestic or other commitments, but it should not be used as an excuse by employers to cut costs and increase employees’ insecurity. After all, rent, fuel bills and food costs don’t vary week to week so nor should incomes purely to suit the employer.

“Equally 21st employers ought to recognise that the best way to build a successful and competitive enterprise is in part to create harmonious industrial relations by recognising the right of employees to join a trades union. 

“Labour will take action in government to end exploitative employment practices.”