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Lord Young, who co-founded the Free Speech Union, has called for a sweeping overhaul of Ms Rayner’s Employment Rights Bill to ensure these venues are excluded from the crackdown.
As part of a series of amendments to the Bill, the Tory peer has proposed changes aimed at relieving pub bosses from acting as “banter cops”. This includes not expecting pubs or universities to protect employees from overhearing conversations which they might find offensive about political or religious matters, “provided the opinion is not indecent or grossly offensive,” he said.
Lucy Burton, The Telegraph, 15th April 2025.
