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Policy 3 Dec 2025

Will the Fair Work Agency put immigration enforcement before workers’ rights?

Following announcements from Rachel Reeves in the Budget, we are concerned that the Fair Work Agency's focus and resources are being shifted - not towards protecting the most vulnerable workers, but towards tougher immigration enforcement.

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Policy 2 Dec 2025

Earned settlement proposals: An extraordinary betrayal of migrant communities

With new proposals to substantially increase the time to settlement for many, impose additional English and financial contribution requirements for all, and apply these changes retroactively, the Home Secretary delivers the biggest blow to migrant communities in a generation. You can feedback by 12 February 2026.

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News 1 Dec 2025

New research project on Employment Tribunal capacity and delays

We are launching a new research project to understand what's behind the Employment Tribunal delays, and the impact this has on the lives of those seeking justice. We're looking to speak to key stakeholders in the sector.

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Our impact in 2024

£518k

Recovered for people exploited by their employers

653

People supported to understand and secure their immigration status

97%

Of clients know more about their employment rights

99%

Of clients would recommend us to a friend


Write to your MP

The government has no clue what it's like to be a migrant or low-paid worker in Britain today.

Yet they are making policies such as doubling the route to settlement and changing the immigration rules that will affect millions of people's lives.

We need to tell them.

Starmer

Female Agricultural Worker Face

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