Bosses will be thrown in jail, under a new "Deliveroo Law", amid growing concern over Channel migrants working in Britain's booming black economy.

07:00, Thu, Aug 6, 2026 Updated: 07:07, Thu, Aug 6, 2026

Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf is seen during a

Companies face huge fines if they hire illegal workers (Image: Getty)

Companies will be fined 10% of their global revenues if they hire illegal migrants, under new Reform plans.

Bosses will be thrown in jail, under a new “Deliveroo Law”, amid growing concern over Channel migrants working in Britain’s booming black economy.

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They will be held “criminally liable” even if they did not know their employees did not have the right to work in the UK.

Fines of 10% would soar into the millions for some of the biggest food delivery firms. For example, JustEat’s global revenue for the first half of 2025 was £1.51bn.

This means they would be fined £150m, under Zia Yusuf’s plans.

The Daily Express revealed how asylum seekers were using taxpayer-funded hotels as a base whilst they worked for food delivery companies.

And some have been caught renting out their accounts to other illegal migrants.

Under Labour’s plan, directors face fines of up to £60,000 for every illegal worker caught they have hired. Repeat offenders face up to five years in prison.

But Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said: “The Tories and Labour have made Britain the softest-touch country in the world for illegal migrants to undercut British workers.

“Under a Reform Government, Britain will have the harshest penalties in the world for those employing illegal migrants.

“Bosses of companies employing illegal migrants will be sent to prison, and their companies fined 10% of their global revenues.

“There are companies whose entire business model is based on profiting from illegal working.

“It is a slap in the face to the public. It makes a mockery of our immigration laws, takes jobs from British workers and is funding the people smugglers in the Channel.

“Young British people are being shut out of entry level jobs and our whole economy is being undermined.

“We will introduce the toughest penalties anywhere in the world for illegal working.”