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.
Thousands expected to attend next protest against Palestine Action ban, organisers say
DIANE ABBOTT MP argues that Labour’s proposals contained in the recent white paper won’t actually bring down immigration numbers or win support from Reform voters — but they will succeed in making politics more nasty and poisonous
As Starmer flies to Albania seeking deportation camps while praising Giorgia Meloni, KEVIN OVENDEN warns that without massive campaigns rejecting this new overt government xenophobia, Britain faces a soaring hard right and emboldened fascist thugs on the streets



