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Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the Today in Parliament podcast for Tuesday, the 28th of October.

Coming up, the government's defeated again in the Lords on its plans to give workers the right to claim unfair dismissal from day one in a job.

Critics say employers won't take a chance on riskier applicants.

The only conclusion that I think we can make is that the government intends knowingly and

deliberately to damage the life chances of young and vulnerable people.

Does it really want to do that?

As Hurricane Melissa ravages Jamaica, the Foreign Secretary says help is on offer.

We send the people of Jamaica our support and solidarity today.

And a former betting boss on the industry's tactics.

It's rather like going into a bar for your first drink and having a

shandy and the barman after you finish the shandy says, why not have a triple strength brandy on the

house? But first, the government's been defeated again in the House of Lords over its controversial

plans to give workers the right to claim unfair dismissal from their very first day.

Peers argued that the new right could make employers more reluctant to take on new workers in the

first place, especially riskier applicants such as young people or ex-prisoners.

Businesses and the left-leaning think tank, the Resolution Foundation, have warned ministers that the move could stunt economic growth.

At the moment, a worker can't claim unfair dismissal

until they've been in the job for two years.

The minister, Lord Collins, insisted that full rights from day one

was a Labour manifesto pledge.

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