Reform UK’s right to work proposals are ‘divisive soundbites’

Here, immigration law specialist Vanessa Ganguin explains why she thinks the proposals are unworkable and discriminatory. The proposals set out by Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf are divisive soundbites aimed at playing on people’s prejudices rather than being policies that would have any merit. Is Reform UK genuinely suggesting people want to live under the sort of informing and finger-pointing that made life in East Germany under the Stasi utterly paranoid and miserable? With eVisas digitalising right-to-work checks for many workers, UK employers have no excuse not to conduct proper right-to-work checks. Knowingly breaching illegal working rules can already result in prison sentences both for an employer and their worker.