Category: ILPA Blog

BY NELLI SHEVCHENKO Over recent years, successive UK Governments have focused on two topics: immigration and economic growth. Efforts to balance these two – sometimes competing – priorities have led […]

BY IRFAN ALI The UK’s immigration sponsorship system enables businesses to hire international talent, allowing them to grow, address skill shortages, and enhance their competitiveness. For many businesses, a sponsor […]

BY FLORENCE ROBERTS-BOWMAN AND HOLLY HARTZENBERG Communication challenges may seem an obvious part of working with a client with whom there is not a shared first language. But language barriers […]

BY ELSPETH GUILD AND CATRIONA BARCLAY Among the numerous initiatives set out in its 2025 Immigration White Paper, the Government heralded a pilot of ‘new intelligent technologies that facilitate contactless […]

BY FRANCESCA PARKES The Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill proposes to introduce new offences which target people arriving in the UK on ‘small boats’. However, the Nationality and Borders […]

BY CATHERINE BRIDDICK Following the Home Office’s change to immigration staff guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications, Catherine Briddick, human rights and refugee law scholar at […]

BY ADRIAN BERRY, ELSPETH GUILD AND ALISON STANLEY As ILPA marks its 40th anniversary, Patrons Adrian Berry (AB), Elspeth Guild (EG) and Alison Stanley (AS), reflect on some of ILPA’s […]

BY MATTEO BESANA By keeping families apart, the UK’s strict family migration rules, including the minimum income requirement, are harming people’s relationships, financial stability, mental health and well-being, with significant […]

BY EMMA HARRIS The recent crackdown against illegal working can prove costly for employers issued with a penalty for employing an illegal worker, especially where the employer is an individual. […]