Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleReform UK's Treasury spokesperson, Robert Jenrick, announced plans for companies employing foreign workers to pay higher National Insurance and a new “migrant labour levy”. Under these proposals, EU citizens with settled status in the UK would not be considered “British workers” and would be subject to the new taxes. Jenrick stated the policy aims to prioritise British workers, claiming cheap migrant labour undercuts wages and increases welfare costs. The proposed changes would effectively dismantle a key part of the UK's Brexit deal, potentially leading to a trade war with the EU and new tariffs. Both Labour and Conservative parties criticised Reform's plans, calling them “reckless” and “half-baked,” warning of increased costs for businesses and a breach of the EU Withdrawal Agreement. In fullReform plans to tear up key plank of Brexit deal as it vows to hike taxes for employers hiring foreign workersThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Reform vows to increase taxes for employers hiring foreign workers
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleReform UK's Treasury spokesperson, Robert Jenrick, announced plans for companies employing foreign workers to pay higher National Insurance and a new “migrant labour levy”. Under these proposals, EU citizens with settled status in the UK would not be considered “British workers” and would be subject to the new taxes. Jenrick stated the policy aims to prioritise British workers, claiming cheap migrant labour undercuts wages and increases welfare costs. The proposed changes would effectively dismantle a key part of the UK's Brexit deal, potentially leading to a trade war with the EU and new tariffs. Both Labour and Conservative parties criticised Reform's plans, calling them “reckless” and “half-baked,” warning of increased costs for businesses and a breach of the EU Withdrawal Agreement. In fullReform plans to tear up key plank of Brexit deal as it vows to hike taxes for employers hiring foreign workersThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Reform UK proposes a 'migrant labour levy' on employers hiring foreign workers, including settled EU citizens, to reduce wage undercutting. The policy breaches Brexit agreements and risks trade tariffs, directly increasing labour costs for tech firms with international teams.
