3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (580+ words) Immigration law specialists have welcomed a u-turn on Home Office guidance requiring employers sponsoring migrant workers to conduct right-to-work checks on anyone they "directly engage. In the past three months there have been three updates to the Home Office guidance…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago  (571+ words) In a bid to improve inclusivity and representation of women, British Transport Police is believed to have become the first police service in the UK to hire frontline officers specifically to work part-time. The first cohort of part-time recruits graduated…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (466+ words) Drivers working for Royal Mail's courier firm e Courier have launched a group legal claim arguing they have been unlawfully denied workers' rights by being misclassified as self-employed, independent contractors. The claim is being brought on behalf of an initial…...

9+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (1068+ words) The number of health and care worker visas issued fell by 77% in the year ending June 2025, as the net immigration rate continues to tumble, though still not to pre-Covid levels. Newly released Home Office figures show there were 20, 519 health and…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (620+ words) Peers of all parties in the House of Lords have strongly criticised what they say is the Home Office's failure to consider the impact of cutting 180 occupations from the Skilled Worker visa and the decision to close the Health and…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (534+ words) More delivery riders who are caught sharing their accounts with migrants who have no right to work in the UK will be suspended, under a Home Office agreement with food couriers Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats. The delivery firms…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (694+ words) The Home Office lost control of the skilled worker visa route after the Covid pandemic, casting doubt over how many migrant workers are complying with the terms of their visas and leaving some vulnerable to exploitation and modern slavery." MPs…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (756+ words) The number of nursing and midwifery professionals coming to work in the UK has fallen by nearly a third, following years of growth. Nevertheless, the Nursing and Midwifery Council said that the number of people on its register who can…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (523+ words) The government has begun the legislative process for introducing the new immigration reforms set out in its recent white paper " with restrictions coming into force in just three weeks. New rules to be laid out in parliament will see skills…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (1300+ words) Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government's Immigration White Paper this morning, pledging to drastically reduce employers' reliance on overseas workers and promote investment in homegrown skills. The paper has now been published, and the government has indicated that some…...