The UK Labour leader will say it is 'insulting' that the SNP reportedly hired workers on the precarious contracts to hand out leaflets.
Keir Starmer will launch an attack on the SNP's reported use of zero-hour contracts in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election on a campaign visit today.
It comes after one leafleter allegedly told a local resident: “I don’t support the SNP — I’m just getting paid to hand this sh**e out.The SNP has blasted zero-hour contracts as "exploitative" in the past and admitted the distribution of the leaflets "was outsourced to a reputable third-party business."
“Next Thursday voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West can say enough is enough. You can vote for change and you can elect a local champion in Michael Shanks who will put our two failing governments on notice.“We can tackle the cost of living crisis, put money in working people’s pockets and make work pay.
“The fact is that there is another way – the Labour way. We were founded to seek power, and use it to serve working people and we will do it again. Some 15 per cent of her constituents signed a petition to boot her out of office after she received a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons.
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