Starmer's Home Building Pledge

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illegal worker violations

The Times & The Sunday Times

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Building Keir Starmer’s 1.5m homes ‘will mean even more illegal workers’

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A report by the Considerate Constructors Scheme found that building sites are more full than ever with illegal workers.

Employing illegal workers is increasingly used as a short-term fix for pressures on wages and filling the skills shortage’ Government sources admitted that Labour ’s manifesto pledge to build 1.5 million new homes would only be delivered through illegal workers or allowing more foreign workers to come to the UK legally.

Illegal workers typically come in three forms: illegal migrants who are not allowed to work at all and looking for cash-in-hand work.

Unqualified workers who are legally settled in the UK but are not qualified to do the work.

Illegal working negatively impacts on wages of lawful workers and is linked to other labour market abuses.

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