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The Queen's Speech | Immigration Bill (Working in the UK)
The new British government has outlined its plans to further control immigration in the Immigration Bill announced as part of The Queen's Speech.
The key parts of the new Immigration Bill in relation to working in the UK were as follows:
- Introduction of an offence of illegal working - police will be given the power to seize the wages paid to illegal workers as the "proceeds of crime".
- A new enforcement agency will be introduced to tackle the worst cases of exploitation of low-skilled workers.
- It will be an offence for businesses and recruitment agencies to hire abroad without first advertising the jobs in Britain and in English.
- A consultation will be undertaken on funding apprenticeship schemes for British and EU workers by implementing a new visa levy on businesses that use foreign labour.
- They will make it easier to evict illegal migrants, as an additional measure, alongside the national rollout of the landlord scheme established in the Immigration Act 2014.
You can read about the new Immigration Bill in The Queen's Speech (pages 36-37) here.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, also delivered a speech on 21st May 2015, in advance of The Queen's Speech, in which he announced the new government's plans to control immigration. In this, he discussed their plans to reform the immigration and labour market rules, reducing the demand for skilled migrant labour and cracking down on the exploitation of low-skilled workers. The Prime Minister's speech on Immigration can be read here.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/430149/QS_lobby_pack_FINAL_NEW_2.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-on-immigration
The Queen's Speech | Immigration Bill (Working in the UK)
The new British government has outlined its plans to further control immigration in the Immigration Bill announced as part of The Queen's Speech.
The key parts of the new Immigration Bill in relation to working in the UK were as follows:
- Introduction of an offence of illegal working - police will be given the power to seize the wages paid to illegal workers as the "proceeds of crime".
- A new enforcement agency will be introduced to tackle the worst cases of exploitation of low-skilled workers.
- It will be an offence for businesses and recruitment agencies to hire abroad without first advertising the jobs in Britain and in English.
- A consultation will be undertaken on funding apprenticeship schemes for British and EU workers by implementing a new visa levy on businesses that use foreign labour.
- They will make it easier to evict illegal migrants, as an additional measure, alongside the national rollout of the landlord scheme established in the Immigration Act 2014.
You can read about the new Immigration Bill in The Queen's Speech (pages 36-37) here.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, also delivered a speech on 21st May 2015, in advance of The Queen's Speech, in which he announced the new government's plans to control immigration. In this, he discussed their plans to reform the immigration and labour market rules, reducing the demand for skilled migrant labour and cracking down on the exploitation of low-skilled workers. The Prime Minister's speech on Immigration can be read here.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, also delivered a speech on 21st May 2015, in advance of The Queen's Speech, in which he announced the new government's plans to control immigration. In this, he discussed their plans to reform the immigration and labour market rules, reducing the demand for skilled migrant labour and cracking down on the exploitation of low-skilled workers. The Prime Minister's speech on Immigration can be read here.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/430149/QS_lobby_pack_FINAL_NEW_2.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-on-immigration
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-on-immigration