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		</div><p>The British government has been accused of a &#8220;criminal&#8221; lack of preparation for Brexit amid increasing calls for workers’ rights to be protected as the UK leaves the EU.</p>
<p>The country’s TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said the clock was ticking towards a &#8220;kamikaze&#8221; Brexit, with no proper assessment yet carried out about the impact on industries.</p>
<p>Speaking on the opening day of the TUC Congress in Brighton, she said the government had no action plan to protect jobs and employment rights.</p>
<p>Ms O’Grady told a news conference: <i>&#8220;Over the last year the Government’s criminal lack of preparation for March 2019 has become clear.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Prime Minister needs to break free from the hardliners in her party who want a cliff edge Brexit.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Ms O’Grady also warned against the danger of a &#8220;sweatshop&#8221; Brexit, with UK workers falling behind the rights that other Europeans enjoy.</p>
<p>She said: <i>&#8220;It’s galling to see a Government that promised to protect workers’ rights put forward a Bill on EU withdrawal that’s full of loopholes on workers’ rights.</p>
<p>&#8220;It will give ministers the power to water them down and let any future government attack them.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The TUC is calling for the UK to stay in the single market and customs unions during a transition period.</p>
<p>A statement issued by the TUC general council before the start of the conference said the UK needed a tariff-free, frictionless trade in goods and services with the rest of Europe.</p>
<p>The statement said the TUC was &#8220;alarmed &#8221; that industrial investment has declined sharply this year.</p>
<p>The trade deficit has widened, economic growth has slowed and wages have &#8220;stagnated&#8221;, it added.</p>
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