Simon Harold Walker

Harold Walker was a Labour MP for 33 years and a key architect of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974). David Fowler/Shutterstock

My grandfather was ‘Mr Health and Safety’. His life’s quest to make work safer has been ridiculed – but the rise of the gig economy shows it’s no joke

The Health and Safety at Work Act passed into UK law 50 years ago. Harold Walker was its driving force, inspired by his own experiences of workplace injury.

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