Corbyn to set out pro-“decent business” agenda in Glasgow speech

Jeremy Corbyn will tonight praise ethical and responsible businesses, in a speech at a Scottish Labour fundraiser in Glasgow. He will praise employers who “respect their workers” and “don’t lock out trade unions”.

It is one of the first signs of what a Labour pro-business agenda under Corbyn might looks like, as he outlines the kind of business practice he thinks the party “should celebrate”. He will also criticise the fallout from 2008’s financial crisis, which he says was caused by “the excess of a few people at the top”.

He plans to say:

“The financial crisis saw the many pay for the excess of a few people at the top. People who engaged in irresponsible behaviour and asked others to pick up the price. Across the country millions of people lost out.

“Out of the financial crisis, we should be building an economy based on decent business.

“We should celebrate the businesses in this country that don’t lock out trade unions and don’t rely on zero hours contracts.

“I pay tribute to the employers who create jobs, respect their workers, who innovate and change the world for the better.

“People here in Glasgow, and across Scotland, are being asked to work longer and harder for less. That is not right.”