Labour’s £3bn contract crackdown will hit pubs, care homes and youth jobs, bosses warn

LABOUR’S crackdown on zero-hours contracts could cost business up to £3 billion, a damning government assessment reveals. The party came to power with a pledge to ban “exploitative” zero-hours contracts as part of a new workers’ rights package. But top bosses last night slammed the rising cost of taking on workers and said it will...