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Moreover, the "wellbeing" benefits of the measures, which include challenging the use of zero hours contracts and boosting sick pay, would amount to £3bn, it found.

Workers who prefer zero hours would be able to refuse - there will be no obligation to accept.

Then there is the question of banning "exploitative" zero hours contracts.

The bill would offer "a genuine living wage and sick pay for the lowest earners" and ban "exploitative zero hour contracts and unpaid internships", she said.

The proposed ban on all zero hours contracts had been diluted to banning "exploitative zero hours contacts" well before the election.