Reform say employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration statusThu 6 Aug 2026 10.35 CESTLast modified on Thu 6 Aug 2026 10.40 CESTReform UK says it will fine firms 10% of their global revenues and imprison bosses who employ illegal migrant workers. Photograph: James Warren/SOPA Images/ShutterstockReform UK says it will fine firms 10% of their global revenues and imprison bosses who employ illegal migrant workers. Photograph: James Warren/SOPA Images/ShutterstockFrom 8m agoReform plan to fine firms and jail bosses who employ illegal workersHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Reform UK says it will fine firms 10% of their global revenues and imprison bosses who employ illegal migrant workers under the party’s latest plans to bring down immigration.Employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration status, Reform’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf will announce in a speech later today, with the policy being dubbed the ‘Deliveroo law’.In a statement to the Daily Express, Yusuf said:
double quotation markUnder a Reform government, Britain will have the harshest penalties in the world for employing illegal migrants.
