The Trades Union Congress is today is publishing five tests it says the government should apply before triggering Article 50 to take the UK out of the EU.

The TUC says it tests will ensure working people do not pay the price for Brexit, and will help get a fair settlement for everyone.

The five tests are:

1. The government must have a clear action plan in place to protect jobs, industries and public services at risk from Brexit, and must guarantee all workers’ rights currently derived from the EU.

2. The government must have led a national debate on realistic options for post-Brexit arrangements with the rest of the EU and with non-EU countries, so as to build a national consensus on the mandate for negotiations.

3. There must be a cross-party negotiating team including the devolved administrations, the TUC, CBI and civil society.

4. Existing EU citizens living and working in the UK must be guaranteed the right to remain, and approaches made to secure reciprocal arrangements for British citizens living and working in the rest of the EU.

5. An all-Ireland agreement on economic and border issues must be in place.

Tomorrow Scottish Labour is publishing its own Brexit requirements.

More on why the tests should be applied is here.

But will the government listen to workers?