More than three-quarters of fines issued to companies for hiring illegal workers are going unpaid, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has boasted of increasing enforcement activity ‘to its highest level in British history’ in a bid to deter rogue employers.
Employers can face fines of up to £60,000 per individual if it is found they hired illegal workers and failed to conduct the relevant pre-employment checks.
While a large volume of fines are being handed out, less than a quarter are ever collected.
Immigration Enforcement issued £288.6million worth of civil penalties from 2021/22 to 2025/26. But just £66.4million was ever paid, according to
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