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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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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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Over 70 parliamentarians join our call to axe retrospective settlement plans
A broad coalition of parliamentarians, unions, and civil society have joined the Work Rights Centre and Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan in an open letter urging the Home Secretary to halt the consultation on "earned" settlement.
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'Earned' settlement proposals: an extraordinary betrayal of migrant communities
New Home Office plans to retroactively double the baseline waiting period for settlement, and impose additional English and financial requirements for all, have delivered the biggest blow to migrant communities in a generation.
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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 still high, we find real human and economic costs behind the politics of lowering numbers.
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