Reform UK Pledges 10% Revenue Fines and Jail for Bosses Hiring Illegal Migrants
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 5
Reform UK Pledges 10% Revenue Fines and Jail for Bosses Hiring Illegal Migrants
2 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 5
Summary
Reform UK said it would make chief executives and directors criminally liable for illegal workers, with large companies facing fines worth 10% of global revenue if the party wins power.
Zia Yusuf said the policy targets delivery and gig-economy firms that profit from illegal labor, arguing young Britons are being shut out of entry-level jobs.
The plan would apply regardless of whether executives knew a worker's status, and would add a public hotline whose tips must be pursued, with successful informants rewarded from collected fines.
The Home Office said existing rules already allow fines of up to £60,000 per illegal worker, business closures, licence revocations and prison terms of up to five years.
Labour's government dismissed parts of the proposal as "empty posturing," saying illegal-working arrests have risen 83% and raids 77% since it took office.