Employment Rights Bill and banter ban

The Free Speech Union has covered 12 stories on this topic. Browse our coverage below.

• 23 October 2026

  Labour promised to tread more lightly on our lives. It hasn't.

  From curbing jury trials to banning under-16s from social media, Labour's first year in power has brought more state control over what we can say and do — not less, despite its promises.

• 28 September 2026

  Stella Creasy argues that speech must be controlled in order to be free

  Stella Creasy MP told a Labour Conference fringe event that free speech must be limited to stop people being "heard at all" — the FSU explains why controlled speech is not free speech.

• 19 June 2025

  The employment tribunal system is cracking – help stop the ‘banter ban’ from breaking it beyond repair

• 12 June 2025

  No laughing matter: Lord Young warns Employment Rights Bill could chill live performance

• 22 May 2025

  Lord Young tables amendments to safeguard free expression of political views at work

• 19 May 2025

  Lords pressure Rayner to protect Right-wing views at work

• 12 March 2025

  WhatsApp work “banter” not private, tribunal rules

• 14 January 2025

  Pubs could curb free speech to avoid legal risks under Labour’s Workers’ Rights Bill

• 2 December 2024

  A shadow HR empire runs Britain – and it’s getting bigger

• 26 November 2024

  How your work WhatsApp group can get you sacked

• 5 November 2024

  Starmer and his cabinet of killjoys go in studs-up on football banter

• 13 October 2024

  Pub landlords to be turned into ‘banter police’ under reforms to workers’ rights