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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 2d

And I'd imagine popular amongst those top users of the Skilled Worker route who make up the bulk outside of H&SC.?

Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 2d

I just don't see the gov. creating a bespoke scheme. Far too much political danger. Easier to take the hit on house building figures than increasing migration.

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Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 2d

New monthly visa data:
➤ Skilled worker visa applications fell following July restrictions on care workers & mid-skilled jobs
➤Student visa applications similar to last year
➤Family visa applications ticking back upwards after the peak & decline that followed MIR increase

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 2d

Note the significant number of construction roles being recommended and the concerns about the existing sponsorship model not being a good fit when it comes to protecting people from exploitation. This aligns with our own analysis published a few weeks ago: www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

David Lammy rules out charging workers for employment tribunal claims

Justice secretary says right to challenge unfair work behaviour is core to Labour work plan after union backlash

www.theguardian.com

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 2d

Climbing down from a position that would make the situation worse back to a place where it is already terrible, is not the flex I think the deputy PM thinks it is.

Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 2d

I'm glad the government will not introduce employment tribunal fees, but it's not true that "everyone, no matter their income" can get "access to justice" under the current system.

The barriers are endless & if you overcome them & win, you still might not even get the money you are owed

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 2d

I'm glad the government will not introduce employment tribunal fees, but it's not true that "everyone, no matter their income" can get "access to justice" under the current system.

The barriers are endless & if you overcome them & win, you still might not even get the money you are owed

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 3d

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 3d

🚨We're hiring a Policy Manager

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We’re recruiting a Policy Manager | Work Rights Centre

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 3d

🚨We're hiring a Policy Manager

Do you have substantial public affairs experience, a deep understanding of how immigration and employment laws can perpetuate exploitation, and a genuine passion for social justice?

Yes? ➡️ Apply now!
No? ➡️Send to a friend 😉

www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

We’re recruiting a Policy Manager | Work Rights Centre

www.workrightscentre.org

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Electronic Immigration Network @ein-website.bsky.social · 4d

John Tuckett appointed as new ICIBI www.gov.uk/government/n...

John Tuckett appointed as new ICIBI

The Home Secretary has today announced John Tuckett's appointment as Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI).

www.gov.uk

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 5d

Important nods in this piece to how the UK's common law did not prevent children subject to corporal punishment or gay people facing discrimination and how it was the ECtHR that had to step in. There is also a link in the piece to the court's impact webpage, worth a look: www.coe.int/en/web/impac...

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

Wow!

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 9d

The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.

The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism

archive.ph/TFZY9

There is a more pressing issue. Ministers must ensure that the vast numbers of immigrants who arrived in the so-called Boriswave of 2020-21 are not automatically absorbed into the permanent population. They are about to cross the the five-year threshold into ILR, yet Labour continues to dither. Ms Mahmood must freeze the status of this huge cohort while a new residency regime is finalised. A million or more extra permanent residents in these islands, let in on the nod, is simply unacceptable. Finally, the home secretary must acquaint herself, and the public, with an accurate estimate of the actual number of foreign nationals living here, what taxes they pay and what services they consume. Without hard data, all the political parties are fumbling around in the dark.

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

Happy 25th Birthday Human Rights Act 1998!! Not exactly the birthday present you wanted but hey!

CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 9d

"Badenoch is now expected to announce in a speech at the party’s Manchester conference on Sunday how the Tories would exit the ECHR, after a shadow cabinet meeting on the decision on Friday" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Kemi Badenoch expected to announce plan to leave ECHR

Move to come if Conservatives win next election and is calculated to head off growing support for Reform UK

www.theguardian.com

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

So very very confusing

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

Ye sorry to do that to you on a Thursday evening!

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

I'm sorry to say this is pretty difficult watching. It's a real representation of what is going wrong at the heart of Labour's approach to immigration policy.

Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

Ye sorry! You can watch it here, not watched it yet mind you. news.sky.com/video/minist...

Minister hits back at claims PM is 'inciting violence' against Farage

Mike Tapp also conceded that the scrapping of indefinite leave to remain in the UK for migrants will apply to someone who has spent five years in the UK but is yet to apply for the status.

news.sky.com

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

Ye I'm watching now and it's not pleasant watching. It's all over the place but he appears to be saying the above. Sorry again in advance!

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

Ye sorry! You can watch it here, not watched it yet mind you. news.sky.com/video/minist...

Minister hits back at claims PM is 'inciting violence' against Farage

Mike Tapp also conceded that the scrapping of indefinite leave to remain in the UK for migrants will apply to someone who has spent five years in the UK but is yet to apply for the status.

news.sky.com

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 9d

I know they keep flip flopping on this, but this is the minister in charge of the brief...

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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 9d

The idea that being a refugee is somehow a “golden ticket” is genuinely awful. These are people who the government have recognised are in need of protection. Do they think people chose that? That that’s what people wanted?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

www.theguardian.com

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11d

In Dept. for health it will be doctors/nurses/care workers, in the Dept. for trade it'll be tech bros and entrepreneurs, in housing it'll be construction workers on and on it goes. Meanwhile petrifying people already here and putting off the talent the government wants.

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11d

This sort of reality collision is going to happen over and over again so long as this government chases perceptions on immigration.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely right from Streeting.

But then government/Mahmood need to make crystal clear this applies to people who have arrived since 2021 and are working in NHS/care right now -and that government is not going to change the rules and leave them at the mercy of a future Reform/Conservative govt

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12d

let's hope so but sounds like it's all still in play

inews.co.uk/news/new-rig...

New right to remain rules could apply to migrants already in UK

The Home Secretary is understood to be considering applying the policy to deal with concerns about the so-called ‘Boriswave'

inews.co.uk

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12d

As regular readers will know, I'm not exactly a fan of doubling the time to ILR but two things about Mahmood's speech. First, she is still keeping to the five years to ILR for some (I expect this will be £ or job related) and this from the FT is good to hear and I very much hope is true.

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