- Reform 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.
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