Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to the Government’s publication of its employment tribunal fees review, said:

“Whatever ministers might say the reality is that the Employment Tribunal fees which they introduced in 2013 were intended to weaken workers’ rights and safeguard unscrupulous bosses.

“The Tories’ intransigence in relation to sticking with the Employment Tribunal fees is bad news for working people and bad news for employers who play by the rules. Labour’s policy is clear: a Labour Government will abolish Employment Tribunal fees which have seen a fall of around 70 per cent in cases being brought.”