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Labour vows automatic jail terms for gangmasters
In a speech outlining Labour's approach to immigration, Yvette Cooper called for minimum jail terms for sweatshop owners and gangmasters

Gangmasters behind "wholesale" exploitation of illegal immigrant workers would face automatic jail terms under a Labour government, the shadow home secretary said yesterday.

In a speech outlining Labour's approach to immigration, Yvette Cooper called for minimum jail terms for sweatshop owners and gangmasters.

She also unveiled plans for a consultation on revising the existing criminal offence of forced labour to increase prosecutions.

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