NIGEL Farage promised a ‘Deliveroo Law’ and fines of 10 per cent of global turnover if big businesses hire illegal workers.
CEOs could be made liable for illegal migrants in their company even if they claim they did not know staff were in the UK unlawfully.
The Reform UK leader has proposed a ‘Deliveroo Law’ (stock image) Credit: Getty
Nigel Farage promised fines of 10 per cent of global turnover if big businesses hire illegal workers Credit: Getty
Reform will use cash taken from firms who employ workers unlawfully and give it to the victims of migrant crime and schemes to revive struggling high streets.
Mr Farage pledged to launch a Turkish Barber tip line, encouraging the public and companies to report suspected illicit working on Britain’s high streets.
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Police forces will be mandated to follow up every tip.
Reform UK Home Affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf said the Tories and Labour made Britain the softest-touch country in the world for illegal migrants to undercut British workers.
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He said Reform will offer the “harshest penalties in the world for those employing illegal migrants”.
“There are companies whose entire business model is based on profiting from illegal working. It is a slap in the face to the public.
“It makes a mockery of our immigration laws, takes jobs from British workers and is funding the people smugglers in the Channel.”
Top bosses will be sent to prison for employing illegal migrants under Reform plans.
The party claimed young Brits are being shunned from the workforce due to illegal migrants cutting in.
A Deliveroo spokesperson said: “Illegal working should absolutely be addressed, and that’s why we’ve led the industry in cracking down on the sophisticated, organised criminals who attempt to abuse our platform.
“We run Right to Work checks on all riders, conduct multiple daily identity checks and use cutting-edge fraud-detection technology, and we’d encourage other industries affected by illegal working to do the same.”
A Home Office spokesperson added: “Illegal working undermines honest business, exploits vulnerable individuals and fuels organised immigration crime.
“We are already closing the loopholes that allow illegal migrants to work in the UK by extending right to work checks to the gig economy and delivery sector.
“Employers who break the law face severe consequences, including fines of up to £60,000 per illegal worker, business closures, licence revocations and prison sentences of up to five years.
“Since July 2024, we have increased Immigration Enforcement action to the highest level in British history, with illegal working arrests up by 83% and raids up by 77%.”
