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    Crackdown on illegal working in UK leads to surge in arrests
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    Crackdown on illegal working in UK leads to surge in arrests

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    2. goonercaIIum on

      > Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said “illegal working is booming because Labour have turned Britain into a soft touch”.

      Hilarious that. The numbers are up in massive terms because nothing was done about this with the Tories in charge. They’ve increased arrests by 80% odd with a mere 5m in extra funding allocated towards the service.

      Should be expanded and actually publicised a bit better by labour.

    3. SeaSaltSprayer on

      Christ, the Home Office looks and acts (like actually looks, not metaphorically) so much more professional than all the ICE stuff we’ve seen recently

      Black uniformed, unbranded, simple and clean raids look so much more professional

      Pray it stays that way if Reform does actually win in 2029

    4. coffeewalnut08 on

      How much is everyone willing to bet some of the far-righters STILL won’t be satisfied with this, alongside the overall reduction in net migration?

    5. SignalButterscotch73 on

      Are they arresting the employers too or just those without the right to work?

      Hiring illegal workers is a bigger problem than the workers themselves in my book.

    6. milkonyourmustache on

      The argument that citizens wouldn’t do the same jobs is a dishonest argument when they’re competing with undocumented people that in many situations sleep in illegal housing, 4 to a room, and in no way reflect the average person.

    7. TheCharalampos on

      Can we please focus on making the economy actually work before we remove people who might actually be crutches in our otherwise failing industries?

      Or better yet, fine the companies that encourage this environment instead of going after random people?

    8. Talkycoder on

      They need to make it illegal for people to sublet their accounts on apps like UberEats, meaning the delivery person must be properly registered with the company which would include right to work checks.

      Users could then report names/faces that do not match, with the service provider having to act on each report. UberEats actually already has the ability to do this, but it’ll send you a generic email with “don’t worry, sometimes people share their accounts!”.

    9. Hollywood-is-DOA on

      Just eat and Uber eats ate terrible for allowing this but yet they don’t get mentioned her at all.