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Green Party Conference
Policy 7 Oct 2025

Green Party Conference 2025: framing a positive message around migrants

For the first time, the Work Rights Centre joined the Green Party conference, where we witnessed a growing recognition that workers' rights issues should be at the forefront of their policy agenda

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Labour Party Conference
Policy 1 Oct 2025

Labour Party Conference 2025: Bringing migrant workers to the table

For the third year in a row, we attended the Labour Party Conference where we met a government more concerned with appearing tough on migration than engaging with the reality of migration and migrants’ experiences.

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Starmer Constructon
Policy 25 Sept 2025

Déjà vu? The risks of migrant worker exploitation in construction

Our analysis finds that migrant construction workers will be put at high risk of exploitation if the existing work-sponsorship model is expanded in the sector to meet Labour's house-bulding targets.

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Lib Dem Party Conference
Policy 24 Sept 2025

Lib Dem party conference 2025: promising foundations to support migrant workers and their families

We joined the 2025 Liberal Democrat party conference to make sure migrant and disadvantaged workers were represented in conversations about health and social care, the NRPF policy, digital IDs, social security and justice reform.

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Ben Goldborough
Policy 9 Sept 2025

Proposals to double settlement requirements will increase exploitation, MPs tell Home Office

Voicing widespread concern from their constituents over the government's controversial plans to double the qualifying period for settlement, a number of MPs highlighted how this would exacerbate the risk of exploitation.

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