The following has been supplied by the TUC:
Commenting on the announcement that Bruce Carr QC – leading the Carr Review set up by the Prime Minister to review the law governing industrial disputes – has decided not to make any recommendations following what Mr Carr describes as the “politicisation” of the issue, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
“Bruce Carr has been cynically used by the government in a party political stunt for the Conservative Party.
“He is right to recognise this “politicisation”, so I am not surprised at his decision not to make any recommendations and to simply review the few submissions sent to him.
“But the politicisation is not new, it was built in from the start. Contrary to Nick Clegg’s assurance, employer behaviour such as blacklisting was not even mentioned in the terms of reference for the review. And now Mr Carr has found his work entirely pre-empted by a Conservative Party press release.
“The Conservative Party should now repay to the taxpayer the costs of the enquiry.”
