Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Minister, responding to figures from the Trades Union Congress that show employment tribunal claims falling by 9,000 a month, said:

“These figures from the Trades Union Congress provide clear and current evidence that Employment Tribunal Fees - introduced by the Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition - are pricing people out of justice. Labour has said this all along and that is why it has committed to scrapping these unfair Employment Tribunal fees in Government - no ifs, no buts. There should not be a financial barrier to challenging employers over equal pay, sex or gender discrimination and a host of workplace issues. 

“The Government committed to reviewing these fees in 2013. That review started in June 2015 and was to be concluded in a year. It’s high time the Conservatives confirmed what that review will tell us: that this is a wholesale denial of justice.”