
Originally Posted by
Dedworth
I've banged an email off to the Home Secretary - here's a portion
As well as a punishment on disreputable businesses I would expect these fines to act as a deterrent to discourage other rogue companies from employing illegal immigrants. I’d be grateful to know how you feel about the fines levied totalling £28500 when as far as I am aware the maximum fine is £10000 per illegal so the total could have been £100000 – in my opinion this is not a deterrent.
I’d also like to know who was responsible in these cases for actually setting the level of the fine