Reform UK proposes criminal liability for company bosses over illegal migrant workers

Reform UK pledged to make chief executives and directors of large companies personally and criminally liable for employing illegal migrants, even if unaware of workers' status, under a strict liability model mirroring Financial Conduct Authority rules. Home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf said the penalties would be "the toughest anywhere in the world." A Home Office source called the plans "empty posturing."