Reinstatement of controversial hostile environment policy comes as Windrush campaigners protest government’s axing of key reforms
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.
