Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised the government over its anti-strikes legislation, saying 'my complaint was a technical and constitutional one about the structure of the bill' KayBurley: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Mr Rees-Mogg - who held cabinet positions under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, but returned to the backbenches when Rishi Sunak took charge - also warned the holes in the bill left it more open to challenges in the courts.
Yet, despite his raft of criticism, the MP promised to back the plan and send it on to the House of Lords for further scrutiny, appealing to them to make the changes it needed.
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