Labour SLAMMED over ridiculous plan for robots to take British workers’ jobs to create a four-day working week
Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake branded the plans the replace workers with robots for a four-day week as 'ludicrous'
LABOUR has been ridiculed for exploring plans to create a four-day working week using robots.
Officials believe companies could pass on efficiency savings from AI advances to staff but still pay them full-time wages.
A source said it “fits in with the party’s approach to re-balance the economy in favour of the worker."
But the idea was mocked amid the deepening financial strains on the NHS, social care and pensions.
Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake said: “To think we can work less and less at a time when there are lots of other pressures that are going to hit the economy, it’s ludicrous.”
The plan comes after the Trades Union Congress declared a four-day week was possible this century.
Boss Frances O’Grady said at the Labour Party conference this month: “It’s time to share the wealth from new technology. Not allow those at the top to grab it for themselves.”
A report by Labour’s economic team last year also suggested working less.
But a Party spokesperson said: “A four-day working week is not policy and not being considered.”
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