Angela Rayner will push for part of Labour’s workers’ rights Bill to be brought in sooner after the Government scrapped a key plank of the legislation.

Plans to give workers day-one protection against unfair dismissal were abandoned last week and replaced with a six-month qualifying period.

The former deputy prime minister plans to table an amendment this week seeking to have that qualifying period, reduced from the current two years, apply from 2026 rather than 2027 as is currently planned.

She and former minister Justin Madders are understood to have been speaking to MPs and union colleagues as they prepare the amendment together.

An ally of Ms Rayner said: “As key architects of the Bill, they know it inside out.

“They will be spearheading efforts to ensure the best possible pa

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