Tip deductions cost UK workers £200m a year, says Labour

Angela Rayner to set out plans to ensure tips are paid in full, along with collective workplace grievance rights

Hospitality and leisure sector workers are missing out on about 200m in tips every year according to Labour figures, with the party pledging to stamp out" unfair deductions for good.

Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, will set out plans this week to ensure employers allocate all tips, gratuities and service charge payments to workers in full, without any deductions apart from statutory taxes, by the end of the following month.