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Builders
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 still high, we find real human and economic costs behind the politics of lowering numbers.

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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

The government’s ambition to further reduce net migration is a political choice that will result in a society where care for elderly people is rationed, workers are at greater risk of exploitation, and migrant families live in poverty for longer.

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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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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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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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