Angela Rayner shows off her forklift truck driving skills as she visits workers at a Co-op logistics site in Chester-le-Street. The deputy prime minister also takes a selfie with staff as she promotes the government’s new workers’ rights package. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00All the way in, push it all the way in so it's flush up with the car, something like that.
00:07Have a go.
00:22These packages are pro-business and pro-worker and we've worked with businesses, big, small, medium,
00:28all over the country and we've had many of them welcome the measures that we're saying.
00:33We've acknowledged some of the challenges around, these are a huge reform package,
00:39therefore we're going to make sure that they're part of the process.
00:42We've done the biggest amount of consultation in opposition as well as before the bill was tabled
00:48to engage with people and I hope that many of those businesses who I've welcomed today
00:53and those that are maybe a little bit worried about today's announcements can see
00:56that I think we're getting the balance right and that we're engaging and continuing to consult
01:03to make sure that we bring these changes in with people so that we can grow the economy
01:08and that people can have better terms and conditions in their employment.