Nail bars and car washes will be targeted by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the Home Secretary has announced.
Yvette Cooper said 1,000 civil servants working on the now-abandoned Rwanda scheme will work on a new “return and enforcement programme”.
Writing in the Sun on Sunday, she said the program will “increase the return of those who have no right to be here and ensure the rules are respected and enforced”.
Raids on companies suspected of employing illegal workers will be intensified.
The Labor Party has made border security one of its top priorities in government and has already taken steps to establish the Border Security Command promised in its manifesto.
Sir Keir Starmer also used this week’s European Political Community summit to discuss migration with European leaders and signaled that he may consider offshore processing of migrants.
He was criticized for abandoning the Rwanda scheme on his first day in office, with opponents arguing it provided a necessary deterrent to those trying to cross over.
Elsewhere in Westminster, pensions are being targeted by the chancellor.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Photo: PA
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Rachel Reeves said: “Not only is the current system not delivering the retirement savings it should, it is also not doing what it should to support some of our great British businesses.”
She has launched an “urgent review” of the pensions market so that it can “deliver a better return to savers and ensure successful businesses can get the funding they need to grow, invest and spread prosperity across the UK.” .
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“The review we have announced is the latest in a ‘big bang’ of reforms to unlock growth, boost investment and provide savings for retirees,” Reeves said.
“I am determined to repair the foundations of our economy.”
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