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“One political reality remains difficult to ignore: without a united opposition coalition, no single opposition party currently appears strong enough to defeat Tinubu and the APC machinery on its own in 2027.”
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An Open Letter to Sir Keir Starmer
Dear Sir @Keir_Starmer,
As you prepare to leave office as Prime Minister, I wanted to write not as a politician, but as someone whose government has had a profound impact on the lives of thousands of migrant workers.
Politics is a brutal profession. It is impossible to lead a nation without making difficult decisions or attracting fierce criticism. Whether people agreed with your policies or not, history should acknowledge the dignity and civility with which you conducted yourself. You are a perfect gentleman, and unfortunately, we are at a time in the history of human existence where people are either fed up with or no longer appreciate gentility. I sincerely wish you and your family the very best as you step away from the premiership.
However, before you leave, I ask you to do one final thing, one reform that could transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who quietly keep this country running. Please reform the Health and Care Worker Visa by making it sector-specific rather than employer-specific.
The current system is fundamentally flawed. A worker’s legal right to remain in the United Kingdom should not be dependent upon a single employer. That arrangement creates an unhealthy concentration of power in the hands of employers and leaves many migrant workers trapped. It breeds instability because changing jobs can place someone’s immigration status at risk.
It creates inconsistency because two workers performing identical roles can have vastly different experiences depending solely on the character of their employer and how the employer chooses to relate with them based on their immigration status.
Most concerning of all, it enables exploitation. Some employers are decent and honourable. They treat their staff with fairness, respect, and professionalism. But the visa system also shields those who do the opposite.
Too many migrant workers endure intimidation, underpayment, excessive working hours, bullying, discrimination, and unlawful practices because they fear that speaking up or resigning could cost them their right to remain in the country where they have built their lives.
No employee should have to choose between tolerating exploitation and facing the prospect of losing their immigration status. That is not genuine labour mobility, it is not a truly free employment relationship, and it is a system where immigration status can become a tool of control.
Britain has long prided itself on defending liberty, fairness, and the rule of law. Yet the current visa structure sits uneasily alongside those values. It inadvertently creates a workforce that is less able to exercise the employment rights that Parliament itself has granted them.
A sector-based visa would not weaken immigration control. Workers would still be restricted to the profession for which they were admitted to the UK. A care worker would remain a care worker. A nurse would remain a nurse. A software engineer would remain in that profession. The Government would retain full oversight of immigration while removing the excessive dependency on a single employer. Such a reform would benefit everyone.
Good employers would no longer lose staff simply because workers are afraid to report abuse elsewhere. Unscrupulous employers would lose the leverage that allows exploitation to flourish. The care sector would become more flexible and resilient. Most importantly, migrant workers would be treated with the dignity that every human being deserves.
Britain’s health and social care system depends heavily on overseas workers. They cared for this country during the pandemic. They continue to care for their elderly, disabled, and vulnerable every single day. They deserve an immigration system that protects them rather than one that can, in practice, leave them vulnerable.
Prime Ministers are remembered not only for the crises they managed but for the reforms they left behind. If your final legacy included ending the employer-tied visa model in favour of a fairer, sector-based system, it would improve lives for generations of workers while strengthening the integrity of the immigration system itself.
Sometimes the most enduring acts of leadership are not the loudest, but the ones that quietly restore fairness, and I hope this will be one of them.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Alex
A concerned Health and Care Worker Visa holder.
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An Open Letter to Sir Keir Starmer
Dear Sir @Keir_Starmer,
As you prepare to leave office as Prime Minister, I wanted to write not as a politician, but as someone whose government has had a profound impact on the lives of thousands of migrant workers.
Politics is a brutal profession. It is impossible to lead a nation without making difficult decisions or attracting fierce criticism. Whether people agreed with your policies or not, history should acknowledge the dignity and civility with which you conducted yourself. You are a perfect gentleman, and unfortunately, we are at a time in the history of human existence where people are either fed up with or no longer appreciate gentility. I sincerely wish you and your family the very best as you step away from the premiership.
However, before you leave, I ask you to do one final thing, one reform that could transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who quietly keep this country running. Please reform the Health and Care Worker Visa by making it sector-specific rather than employer-specific.
The current system is fundamentally flawed. A worker’s legal right to remain in the United Kingdom should not be dependent upon a single employer. That arrangement creates an unhealthy concentration of power in the hands of employers and leaves many migrant workers trapped. It breeds instability because changing jobs can place someone’s immigration status at risk.
It creates inconsistency because two workers performing identical roles can have vastly different experiences depending solely on the character of their employer and how the employer chooses to relate with them based on their immigration status.
Most concerning of all, it enables exploitation. Some employers are decent and honourable. They treat their staff with fairness, respect, and professionalism. But the visa system also shields those who do the opposite.
Too many migrant workers endure intimidation, underpayment, excessive working hours, bullying, discrimination, and unlawful practices because they fear that speaking up or resigning could cost them their right to remain in the country where they have built their lives.
No employee should have to choose between tolerating exploitation and facing the prospect of losing their immigration status. That is not genuine labour mobility, it is not a truly free employment relationship, and it is a system where immigration status can become a tool of control.
Britain has long prided itself on defending liberty, fairness, and the rule of law. Yet the current visa structure sits uneasily alongside those values. It inadvertently creates a workforce that is less able to exercise the employment rights that Parliament itself has granted them.
A sector-based visa would not weaken immigration control. Workers would still be restricted to the profession for which they were admitted to the UK. A care worker would remain a care worker. A nurse would remain a nurse. A software engineer would remain in that profession. The Government would retain full oversight of immigration while removing the excessive dependency on a single employer. Such a reform would benefit everyone.
Good employers would no longer lose staff simply because workers are afraid to report abuse elsewhere. Unscrupulous employers would lose the leverage that allows exploitation to flourish. The care sector would become more flexible and resilient. Most importantly, migrant workers would be treated with the dignity that every human being deserves.
Britain’s health and social care system depends heavily on overseas workers. They cared for this country during the pandemic. They continue to care for their elderly, disabled, and vulnerable every single day. They deserve an immigration system that protects them rather than one that can, in practice, leave them vulnerable.
Prime Ministers are remembered not only for the crises they managed but for the reforms they left behind. If your final legacy included ending the employer-tied visa model in favour of a fairer, sector-based system, it would improve lives for generations of workers while strengthening the integrity of the immigration system itself.
Sometimes the most enduring acts of leadership are not the loudest, but the ones that quietly restore fairness, and I hope this will be one of them.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Alex
A concerned Health and Care Worker Visa holder.
CC;
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An Open Letter to Sir Keir Starmer
Dear Sir @Keir_Starmer,
As you prepare to leave office as Prime Minister, I wanted to write not as a politician, but as someone whose government has had a profound impact on the lives of thousands of migrant workers.
Politics is a brutal profession. It is impossible to lead a nation without making difficult decisions or attracting fierce criticism. Whether people agreed with your policies or not, history should acknowledge the dignity and civility with which you conducted yourself. You are a perfect gentleman, and unfortunately, we are at a time in the history of human existence where people are either fed up with or no longer appreciate gentility. I sincerely wish you and your family the very best as you step away from the premiership.
However, before you leave, I ask you to do one final thing, one reform that could transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who quietly keep this country running. Please reform the Health and Care Worker Visa by making it sector-specific rather than employer-specific.
The current system is fundamentally flawed. A worker’s legal right to remain in the United Kingdom should not be dependent upon a single employer. That arrangement creates an unhealthy concentration of power in the hands of employers and leaves many migrant workers trapped. It breeds instability because changing jobs can place someone’s immigration status at risk.
It creates inconsistency because two workers performing identical roles can have vastly different experiences depending solely on the character of their employer and how the employer chooses to relate with them based on their immigration status.
Most concerning of all, it enables exploitation. Some employers are decent and honourable. They treat their staff with fairness, respect, and professionalism. But the visa system also shields those who do the opposite.
Too many migrant workers endure intimidation, underpayment, excessive working hours, bullying, discrimination, and unlawful practices because they fear that speaking up or resigning could cost them their right to remain in the country where they have built their lives.
No employee should have to choose between tolerating exploitation and facing the prospect of losing their immigration status. That is not genuine labour mobility, it is not a truly free employment relationship, and it is a system where immigration status can become a tool of control.
Britain has long prided itself on defending liberty, fairness, and the rule of law. Yet the current visa structure sits uneasily alongside those values. It inadvertently creates a workforce that is less able to exercise the employment rights that Parliament itself has granted them.
A sector-based visa would not weaken immigration control. Workers would still be restricted to the profession for which they were admitted to the UK. A care worker would remain a care worker. A nurse would remain a nurse. A software engineer would remain in that profession. The Government would retain full oversight of immigration while removing the excessive dependency on a single employer. Such a reform would benefit everyone.
Good employers would no longer lose staff simply because workers are afraid to report abuse elsewhere. Unscrupulous employers would lose the leverage that allows exploitation to flourish. The care sector would become more flexible and resilient. Most importantly, migrant workers would be treated with the dignity that every human being deserves.
Britain’s health and social care system depends heavily on overseas workers. They cared for this country during the pandemic. They continue to care for their elderly, disabled, and vulnerable every single day. They deserve an immigration system that protects them rather than one that can, in practice, leave them vulnerable.
Prime Ministers are remembered not only for the crises they managed but for the reforms they left behind. If your final legacy included ending the employer-tied visa model in favour of a fairer, sector-based system, it would improve lives for generations of workers while strengthening the integrity of the immigration system itself.
Sometimes the most enduring acts of leadership are not the loudest, but the ones that quietly restore fairness, and I hope this will be one of them.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Alex
A concerned Health and Care Worker Visa holder.
CC;
@ShabanaMahmood
@MikeTappTweets
@AndreaEganGS
@unisontheunion
@unisonscot
An Open Letter to Sir Keir Starmer
Dear Sir @Keir_Starmer,
As you prepare to leave office as Prime Minister, I wanted to write not as a politician, but as someone whose government has had a profound impact on the lives of thousands of migrant workers.
Politics is a brutal profession. It is impossible to lead a nation without making difficult decisions or attracting fierce criticism. Whether people agreed with your policies or not, history should acknowledge the dignity and civility with which you conducted yourself. You are a perfect gentleman, and unfortunately, we are at a time in the history of human existence where people are either fed up with or no longer appreciate gentility. I sincerely wish you and your family the very best as you step away from the premiership.
However, before you leave, I ask you to do one final thing, one reform that could transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who quietly keep this country running. Please reform the Health and Care Worker Visa by making it sector-specific rather than employer-specific.
The current system is fundamentally flawed. A worker’s legal right to remain in the United Kingdom should not be dependent upon a single employer. That arrangement creates an unhealthy concentration of power in the hands of employers and leaves many migrant workers trapped. It breeds instability because changing jobs can place someone’s immigration status at risk.
It creates inconsistency because two workers performing identical roles can have vastly different experiences depending solely on the character of their employer and how the employer chooses to relate with them based on their immigration status.
Most concerning of all, it enables exploitation. Some employers are decent and honourable. They treat their staff with fairness, respect, and professionalism. But the visa system also shields those who do the opposite.
Too many migrant workers endure intimidation, underpayment, excessive working hours, bullying, discrimination, and unlawful practices because they fear that speaking up or resigning could cost them their right to remain in the country where they have built their lives.
No employee should have to choose between tolerating exploitation and facing the prospect of losing their immigration status. That is not genuine labour mobility, it is not a truly free employment relationship, and it is a system where immigration status can become a tool of control.
Britain has long prided itself on defending liberty, fairness, and the rule of law. Yet the current visa structure sits uneasily alongside those values. It inadvertently creates a workforce that is less able to exercise the employment rights that Parliament itself has granted them.
A sector-based visa would not weaken immigration control. Workers would still be restricted to the profession for which they were admitted to the UK. A care worker would remain a care worker. A nurse would remain a nurse. A software engineer would remain in that profession. The Government would retain full oversight of immigration while removing the excessive dependency on a single employer. Such a reform would benefit everyone.
Good employers would no longer lose staff simply because workers are afraid to report abuse elsewhere. Unscrupulous employers would lose the leverage that allows exploitation to flourish. The care sector would become more flexible and resilient. Most importantly, migrant workers would be treated with the dignity that every human being deserves.
Britain’s health and social care system depends heavily on overseas workers. They cared for this country during the pandemic. They continue to care for their elderly, disabled, and vulnerable every single day. They deserve an immigration system that protects them rather than one that can, in practice, leave them vulnerable.
Prime Ministers are remembered not only for the crises they managed but for the reforms they left behind. If your final legacy included ending the employer-tied visa model in favour of a fairer, sector-based system, it would improve lives for generations of workers while strengthening the integrity of the immigration system itself.
Sometimes the most enduring acts of leadership are not the loudest, but the ones that quietly restore fairness, and I hope this will be one of them.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Alex
A concerned Health and Care Worker Visa holder.
CC;
@ShabanaMahmood
@MikeTappTweets
@AndreaEganGS
@unisontheunion
@unisonscot
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Immigration is the all in all about British politics now, one of the stories told to those who voted for Brexit was to remove the Eastern Europeans, but unfortunately a group of immigrants were replaced by another group with a large influx. The British government should invest more in public services and try to make their people’s life better. When they live a better life, they wouldn’t care so much about immigrants. And politicians should stop lying to them as well
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