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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Cooper orders ‘crackdown’ on suspected illegal working for delivery apps

The Home Office said anyone caught ‘flagrantly abusing the system in this way’ will face having state support discontinued (PA) - (PA Archive)

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a nationwide immigration “enforcement crackdown” which the Government says will target illegal working in the gig economy.

Officers will carry out checks in hotspots across the country where they suspect asylum seekers are working as delivery riders without permission.

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