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Massage salon firm went bust owing "80, 000 after illegal working penalty
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (377+ words) A Carlisle massage salon company went into liquidation owing "80, 000 to Immigration Enforcement after being named in a government illegal-working penalties report. Good Spa & Beauty Salon Ltd, trading as Sawaddeeka Thai Massage, was listed in a Home Office report of employers…...
Cumbrian business fined "45k for hiring illegal worker
1+ week, 5+ day ago (445+ words) A Cumbrian business has been fined "45, 000 for hiring illegal workers. Mits Management Limited was given the large fine by the government for the breach. It has been included in the latest round of businesses which have been named and shamed…...
Mahmood in standoff with No 10 after call to sack junior minister
1+ week, 6+ day ago (726+ words) Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves 10 Downing Street, London after a Cabinet meeting (PA) Downing Street has resisted immediately sacking an immigration minister after Shabana Mahmood asked Sir Keir Starmer to fire him for allegedly breaching the ministerial code. The Home…...
Wigton restaurant loses premises licence after staff found working illegally
3+ week, 2+ day ago (684+ words) The Bird in Hand in Oulton near Wigton. Source: Google. THE licence of a premises in the Wigton area has been revoked after officials from the Home Office found two staff members working there illegally. Members of Cumberland licensing sub-committee…...
Indian restaurant and car wash among 5 businesses fined for employing illegal workers
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (275+ words) FIVE Cumbrian businesses have been fined after being caught employing illegal workers- with one Indian restaurant facing a penalty of "90, 000. A Carlisle carwash, takeaway in Cleator Moor and an Indian takeaway in Askam-in Furness are among the latest firms in…...
MP on violence against women and girls: residents should have confidence in system
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (712+ words) TACKLING violence against women and girls is a top priority for Carlisle's Member of Parliament, the Crown Prosecution Service and Cumbria Police. Carlisle MP Julie Minns told the News & Star that she has had "women, girls and men write to…...
Police joined immigration and trading standards staff in visits to city businesses
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (143+ words) POLICE officers joined a Home Office immigration team and Cumberland Council's Trading Standards staff on visits to Carlisle businesses this morning. A police spokesperson has confirmed to the News & Star that officers joined immigration and Trading Standards colleagues in the…...
Cumbria: Is enough being done to tackle violence against females?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (727+ words) VIOLENCE against women and girls has been a prominent issue in the public consciousness recently as deeply worrying cases come to light in the national news and female influencers share their anxieties about leaving their house at night. Senior police…...
Cumberland 'Place of Sanctuary' status to go ahead despite opposition
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (540+ words) An estimated 150 members of the public turned up at the city's Civic Centre, who were both pro and anti-immigration, but many were left disappointed as there were not enough seats in the public gallery. Two members of the Conservative group…...
Net migration to the UK: What numbers have changed and why?
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1230+ words) Updated estimates of net migration to the UK have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on improved methods for calculating the movement in and out of the country of British and EU nationals. The revised figures…...