THE Tories ignored Labour’s calls today to enforce the landmark Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are entitled to workers’ rights.

Last Friday, the court upheld a ruling that the app-based taxi firm’s drivers are workers and therefore entitled to rights such as holiday pay and the minimum wage.

In a Commons urgent question, shadow employment minister Andy McDonald urged the government to back Labour’s call to enshrine the ruling in law — but Minister for Labour Markets Paul Scully refused to.

Mr McDonald said: “The government cannot abrogate its responsibility by telling workers to fight for their basic protection through the courts.

“They must enforce the ruling of the Supreme Court and legislate to ban exploitative practices like bogus self-employment to bring protection and security to all workers.”

Michael Newman, a partner at Leigh Day – the law firm representing Addison Lee drivers and Stuart couriers in similar workers’ rights claims – said the Uber judgement “should be heeded as a warning” to companies with a similar business model.

The GMB union said the court’s decision offers hope for its members who are being denied their rights through bogus self-employed status.