Boris Johnson has today been accused of putting Britain's working classes in danger by 'recklessly' urging them to go back to work before easing the lockdown.
Labour has suggested that workers should ignore the Prime Minister's advice until the Government publishes full guidance for employers to make workplaces safe for staff to return.
Trains and Tube services were busier today after Mr Johnson said those who can't work at home should now go into work - most appeared to be in the construction industry heading to building sites in central London.
But office and banking districts such as the City of London and Canary Wharf were largely deserted today.
The Government is already facing bitter rows with transport unions about increasing the number of buses and trains towards normal levels and teaching unions about plans to reopen primary schools from June 1.
Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, said: 'People cannot get to work safely unless there is safe transport for them to use. This has not been thought through and the failure to do so places working people in danger.'
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant said: 'It was crazy for the PM to make his statement on a Sunday evening and expect people to go to work 12 hours later without using public transport. Now we have utter confusion and mixed messages.
'It's difficult not to conclude that working class workers are expected to go to work whilst middle class workers work from home. But the 'new normal' can't just be a repeat of the old divide. Surely?'.
The Tube was packed with workers today with Labour claiming that the Government is acting recklessly
A man wearing a protective face mask walks along London Bridge this morning - as confusion reigns over the PM's statement
Labour MP Chris Bryant has suggested that working class workers are being sent to work when the middle classes can stay safely at home
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Lockdown confusion reigned today as Dominic Raab insisted the government is not urging workers to return until Wednesday - despite Boris Johnson suggesting otherwise last night and millions of people taking to roads and rail.
The PM sparked a furious backlash in his crucial TV address to the nation by insisting that he was urging everyone who cannot work from home to go back to their jobs this week. Labour and unions raged that millions of people were being told to resume their duties with just 12 hours' notice and no health and 슬롯사이트 safety in place to protect from coronavi
r />In a letter to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, shadow business secretary Ed Miliband and shadow employment rights minister Andy McDonald said they were 'deeply concerned' about the recommendation that staff unable to work from home should go back to work.
Labour has suggested that workers should ignore the Prime Minister's advice until the Government publishes full guidance for employers to make workplaces safe for staff to return.
Trains and Tube services were busier today after Mr Johnson said those who can't work at home should now go into work - most appeared to be in the construction industry heading to building sites in central London.
But office and banking districts such as the City of London and Canary Wharf were largely deserted today.
The Government is already facing bitter rows with transport unions about increasing the number of buses and trains towards normal levels and teaching unions about plans to reopen primary schools from June 1.
Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, said: 'People cannot get to work safely unless there is safe transport for them to use. This has not been thought through and the failure to do so places working people in danger.'
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant said: 'It was crazy for the PM to make his statement on a Sunday evening and expect people to go to work 12 hours later without using public transport. Now we have utter confusion and mixed messages.
'It's difficult not to conclude that working class workers are expected to go to work whilst middle class workers work from home. But the 'new normal' can't just be a repeat of the old divide. Surely?'.
The Tube was packed with workers today with Labour claiming that the Government is acting recklessly
A man wearing a protective face mask walks along London Bridge this morning - as confusion reigns over the PM's statement
Labour MP Chris Bryant has suggested that working class workers are being sent to work when the middle classes can stay safely at home
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Unions dismiss Boris's plan to get primary schools to reopen... UK's crucial coronavirus R rate could be only JUST below... Boris Johnson's back-to-work speech descends into chaos as... Shopping centres, cinemas, cafes and restaurants to open...
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Lockdown confusion reigned today as Dominic Raab insisted the government is not urging workers to return until Wednesday - despite Boris Johnson suggesting otherwise last night and millions of people taking to roads and rail.
The PM sparked a furious backlash in his crucial TV address to the nation by insisting that he was urging everyone who cannot work from home to go back to their jobs this week. Labour and unions raged that millions of people were being told to resume their duties with just 12 hours' notice and no health and 슬롯사이트 safety in place to protect from coronavi
r />In a letter to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, shadow business secretary Ed Miliband and shadow employment rights minister Andy McDonald said they were 'deeply concerned' about the recommendation that staff unable to work from home should go back to work.