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Worried Construction Worker
Data analysis 27 Nov 2025

With Skilled Worker visa numbers in decline, what’s the cost?

The number of Skilled Worker visas issued is at its lowest since 2021, but with vacancies in critical sectors unfilled, and the risks of labour exploitation continue, we find real human and economic costs behind the politics of lowering numbers.

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Shabana Mahmood
Policy 21 Nov 2025

Radical restrictions of routes to settlement would be callous

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has proposed a radical restriction of migrants' and refugees' pathways to settlement. We raise alarm bells on the impact these proposals would have, and how they're a stab in the back for care workers.

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Brian Bell
Policy 6 Nov 2025

Increasing qualifying time for ILR would increase the risk of poverty and exploitation, the MAC warns

Why the government’s ambition to further reduce net migration is a political choice that comes with serious economic and societal risks.

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Home Office James Cleverly
Policy 15 Oct 2025

Room for improvement: Our submission to the Home Office's consultation on the identification of victims of modern slavery

We’ve submitted evidence demonstrating how the identification of victims of modern slavery, specifically sponsored migrant workers, is dangerously inadequate.

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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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