Work Rights Centre is a charity that helps migrants and disadvantaged Britons access employment justice and improve their social mobility

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Policy 6 Jul 2026

The Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026: cruel, costly, and completely unnecessary

By limiting the application of human rights and rolling back modern slavery protections, these proposals would lead to 6,500 more undocumented people every year, creating an underclass of precarious workers.

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Policy 24 Jun 2026

Lords Committee rejects government’s ‘earned’ settlement plans and finds retrospective changes ‘manifestly unfair’

The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has published a sobering critique of “earned” settlement, finding the polity would increase child poverty, hinder integration and exacerbate labour exploitation.

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Data 22 Jun 2026

New analysis finds upwards of 2 million people to be affected by 'earned' settlement: Andy Burnham must choose a new path

As the Labour Party prepares to select a new leader, a critical question remains at the fore: 'what will happen with the "earned" settlement proposals that have alarmed communities, charities and legal experts across the UK?'

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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