Nick Clegg ‘never supported’ coalition scheme to make firing workers easier
Mr Clegg said there is no evidence that creating “industrial-scale insecurity” among workers will help secure new jobs.
His comments are likely to foster divisions within the coalition over the controversial “compensated no-fault dismissal” scheme, contained in a report for Vince Cable’s Business Department by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft.
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Hide AdSpeaking at a Sutton Trust conference on social mobility in central London today, Mr Clegg said: “I don’t support them and I never have. I’ve not seen any evidence that creating industrial-scale insecurity amongst millions of workers is a way of securing new jobs.”