Banking checks on accounts opened by people suspected to be living in the UK illegally have been restarted by the Home Office, as officials relaunch a controversial hostile environment policy that was suspended following the Windrush scandal.
The current accounts will be closed in a new data-sharing agreement with the financial sector. The initiative is part of a package of measures designed to deter illegal migration and illegal working, by making it harder for people without confirmed immigration status to be paid.
