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Policy 19 Feb 2026

Experts warn Parliament that ‘earned’ settlement proposals are risky for all

Across 12 oral evidence sessions, leading experts from academia, industry, the legal sector and civil society told the Commons and Lords: "earned" settlement plans risk causing serious damage to our society and economy.

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Policy 19 Feb 2026

‘We are asking for our rights’: when lived experience met legislative power in Westminster

At our first Westminster event, held in collaboration with Neil Duncan-Jordan MP and Unison, migrant workers themselves told MPs and journalists how the “earned” settlement plans would impact their families, careers, and dreams.

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Policy 19 Feb 2026

A fundamental rejection: our submission to the Home Office’s “earned” settlement

We have submitted supplementary evidence to the Home Office fundamentally rejecting the "earned” settlement proposals as they would undermine integration, increase poverty, and fuel systemic exploitation.

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Our impact in 2025

£173K

Recovered for people exploited by their employers

481

People supported to understand and secure their immigration status

184

Frontline professionals trained in immigration and employment advice

415

People supported with one-on-one employment legal advice


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

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