Poll says most people want zero hours contracts ban - including Tory supporters
MOST people want zero hours contracts banned, including Conservative supporters, a new poll shows.
A survey for the Unite union showed that most people want zero-hour contracts banned
A survey of 2,000 adults for the Unite union showed that two thirds were against the controversial contracts, under which workers do not know how many hours they will be offered from one week to the next.
The call for a ban was backed by 55 per cent of Conservatives and 71 per cent of Labour supporters.
The truth is working class voters feel left out and left behind in Conservative Britain
Most people also felt there were too few decent jobs in their area.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: "These findings reveal a disunited Britain and the scale of the task facing the prime minister who has vowed to govern not just for 'a privileged few'.
"The truth is working class voters feel left out and left behind in Conservative Britain.
'Theresa May has already taken a very wrong turn down this road', Mr McCluskey said
"The question now is does the prime minister's party have the policies needed to restore confidence to millions who feel betrayed by years of cuts and who now live in perpetual insecurity?
The call for a ban was backed by 55 per cent of Conservatives and 71 per cent of Labour supporters
"Theresa May has already taken a very wrong turn down this road by making the return of elite education her political priority, when actually what is needed to heal the growing equality divide is a decent income, a job and a home for families.
Len McCluskey said the findings reveal a 'disunited Britain'
"When it comes to measures to address economic and employment uncertainty there is widespread agreement on the one course of action that the government should take.
"It should bring forward plans now to make work pay in this country again, starting with banning zero hours contracts. If it can be done for the workers of New Zealand, it should be done for the workers of the UK."