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The article reviews recent UK trade deals with India and the EU, focusing on limited migration provisions. The UK-India FTA allows temporary visas for select professionals but excludes broader immigration or student visa changes. A separate youth mobility scheme continues. With the EU, the UK agreed to explore a Youth Experience Scheme to restore some mobility for young people post-Brexit, without reintroducing free movement. Migration remains tightly controlled, reflecting political caution. The UK–US trade deal includes no changes to immigration policy.

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This article highlights key UK employment law changes in 2025, including increases to the National Minimum Wage, new Neonatal Care Leave, and updated tribunal compensation limits. It also previews the proposed Employment Rights Bill 2025, which aims to strengthen worker protections with first-day rights for unfair dismissal, expanded family leave, restrictions on zero-hours contracts, and a push for default flexible working. Employers must review policies to stay compliant.

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Labour’s new White Paper, 'Restoring control over the immigration system', delivers on its manifesto pledge to tighten immigration rules amid rising public concern and Reform UK’s growing popularity. Despite decades of tough talk from successive Prime Ministers, net migration has continued to rise. The paper uses unusually strong language for a Labour PM and signals stricter, more costly processes for businesses relying on migrant workers. While the system isn’t being overhauled, the changes aim to reassure voters and blunt the appeal of rival parties.

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Amid growing concerns that seasonal workers are facing increasing levels of abuse, farmers and growers find themselves at the sharp end of increasing enforcement powers as exploitative practices come to light.

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