Home secretary tells BBC that government is ‘strengthening enforcement arrangements around the rules’

Supporting Brexit is not a belief that is protected from workplace discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled, as a former Ukip councillor lost her claim that she was bullied and harassed by her charity employer because she supported the UK’s departure from the EU.

Colette Fairbanks was sacked from her job at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity Change Grow Live after sharing “offensive” posts about immigrants on social media, a tribunal hearing was told.

I think some of the points they’ve been making is about illegal working in the UK. I have to say, I do believe that we do need stronger action on illegal working in the UK.

We’ve seen employers exploit migration, and that’s why, since the Labor government was elected, we’ve increased some of the immigration enforcement visits by around 20% over the summer.