Lee Mortimer, Richard Tudway, Keith Flett and Jim O’Donnell respond to an article by Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband rightly highlights the need to be vigilant against any race to the bottom by those who want to strip away the gains made in recent decades (It’s now clear this government wants UK workers to have as little power as possible, 15 January).
It’s ironic that those who feel this is the way to the country’s future prosperity instinctively rail against the state providing social welfare. Have they learned nothing from the furore over feeding the children of the working poor? Do they dream of a Victorian industrial utopia, where death and injury were commonplace and those that fell on hard times had to go into workhouses? Successful, sustainable enterprises are founded on decent remuneration and civilised working conditions.
Lee Mortimer
Garstang, Lancashire