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The Guardian Politics6 Aug 2026

Reform to unveil controversial plan to fine firms and jail bosses who employ illegal workers – UK politics live

Reform say employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration status Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. Reform UK says it will fine firms 10% of their global revenues and imprison bosses who employ illegal migrant workers under the party’s latest plans to bring down immigration. Under a Reform government, Britain will have the harshest penalties in the world for employing illegal migrants. Bosses of companies employing illegal migrants will be

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Express Politics6 Aug 2026

Firms face huge fines and bosses could be thrown in jail in new Reform migrant plan

Bosses will be thrown in jail, under a new "Deliveroo Law", amid growing concern over Channel migrants working in Britain's booming black economy.

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Express Politics6 Aug 2026

Reform pledge to imprison bosses using illegal migrants - plus 'Turkish barber tip line'

Reform UK will lay out the plans later today.

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The Guardian Politics6 Aug 2026

Has the UK government’s strategy on small boat crossings been effective?

As the number of migrants crossing the Channel is down by 43%, have ministers cracked the problem? The headline figures show that small boats crossing the Channel are down by 43% compared with January to mid-July 2025 – from 21,690 last year to 12,469 over the same period this year. Since Andy Burnham came to power on 20 July, however, there has been a small increase on the same period last year. Between 20 July and 2 August 2025 1,962 people crossed the Channel in small boats. Over the same per

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BBC Politics6 Aug 2026

Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes

The rules were tightened in July 2025 to restrict the scheme mostly to graduate-level employees who would be earning at least £41,700.

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Express Politics5 Aug 2026

Lee Anderson rages over 'instruction manual' for migrants as he turns on French police

Handheld leaflets available in 16 languages, including Arabic, Pashto and Farsi, warn asylum seekers to avoid windy conditions, dodge cargo ships and to stay in their boats

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Express Politics5 Aug 2026

Shabana Mahmood dodges tough action on migration – now Burnham might make it even worse

OPINION - AMEER KOTECHA: It would be disastrous if Andy Burnham follows his previously expressed instincts on this question.

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Express Politics4 Aug 2026

French police savaged as new Channel migrant record broken: 'They don't really care!'

Exclusive: The vessel was in the water for 18 hours, after leaving Dieppe before picking up migrants from multiple beaches.

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Express Politics4 Aug 2026

Andy Burnham just left the country - and Labour’s lunatics are now running the asylum

Andy Burnham is on holiday with his trotters up. It's what you do when you finally get your dream job. Bunk off.

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Express Politics4 Aug 2026

WATCH: Migrants returned to France after 'mega dinghy' catches fire in Channel

Footage shows rescued migrants after dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel

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Express Politics4 Aug 2026

Migrant dinghy carrying 160 people catches fire in Channel sparking huge rescue operation

British border vessels and lifeboats have raced to the scene off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer as fears intensify over another tragedy.

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Express Politics3 Aug 2026

Police issue ‘critical risk’ warning over plan to house asylum seekers near UK town

A September deadline has reportedly been suggested, but the chief constables described that target as "unrealistic".

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