No laughing matter: Lord Young warns Employment Rights Bill could chill live performance

No laughing matter: Lord Young warns Employment Rights Bill could chill live performance

As part of the FSU’s ongoing campaign against Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill, our General Secretary, Lord Young of Acton, took to the stage at a packed comedy night to highlight how the proposed law could turn performance venues into compliance zones, chilling comedy in the name of workplace ‘safety’. The event, held at the Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green marked a new phase in our “Say No to the Banter Ban” campaign, which has so …