Dunno what happened to the post I put on this thread yesterday, but I’ll re-state it in any case:
I would see an end to WTD rules, as “The Sabbath was made for Man, not Man for the Sabbath”.
It seems daft to me that one can be in the crap for "not taking a break soon enough time-wise (rather than driving wise) into one’s duty for that shift…
It effectively creates a minefield for those who work regular shifts of 12+ hours, which of course is why yours truly is sick to death of it.
Compare how “serious” the crime of “being on duty 6hrs and 5 mins before going on break of 30 minutes” compared to “driving 4hrs 35 before taking a 45 break”…
At the moment - they seem to be treated equally as per “tacho infringements”. I would argue that driving over 4.5hrs without a break is quite SERIOUS, whereas being on duty over 6 hours before being able to park up and take a break (if you’ve been stuck in traffic, for instance…) - is just a pain in the arse rule that we could all do without.
I would argue that if we’re not careful - we’ll lose the UK “worker flexibility” in favour of this crappy EU worker’s so-called rights thing where you cannot do this, cannot do that - and basically are in trouble if you don’t toe the line on such rules.
The same applies to this rule about “night workers not being able to work more than 10 hours without a union-signed agreement to opt-out it” - which isn’t much good if you’re a full timer at a workplace that HAS no Union there…
Sometimes - AGENCY happens to be better for the built-in opt outs it has - than most give it credit for.
I’m looking for a contract where I can take home £500pw for 3-4 shifts - not 5-6!!! A 4 day week contract including nights and weekends (my compromise) - leaves 3 days where overtime can be gotten, only cost 4 days holiday to book a week off, and mean doing shifts 10-15 hours rather than commuting any distance for measly 6-8 hour shifts at those venues where they’ll have you in 5-6 days per week - and STILL not have enough work to go around.
My first year on agency in 2011 - I learned the hard way that there is no point commuting to a job where the shift payment is 6-8 hours @ say, £10ph - but after tax you’ve barely paid for your commute, food, and actual time getting there!!
Being able to claim expenses - had me in denial for a while, but when I got the inevitable back tax demand - I decided I’d never put up with such crappy contracts ever again.
Hopefully, “contractual abuse” such as I’ve described here at both full time and agency venues - will END now that we’re leaving, and not coming back. 
We’ve not done that though, until we stop paying the money, and openly enforce UK law over EU law, for example - confiscating a foreign fishing vessal in the channel, or deporting illegal immigrants fished out of the same channel to the mainland continent, no qualms about “infringing their yuman rights”.