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Election 2015
Election 2015: Miliband to target exploitation of workers13 minutes ago Election 2015
Immigration has featured prominently in the TV election debates
A Labour government would set up a task force to target firms who encourage lowskilled migration and undermine the minimum wage, Ed Miliband will say.
The unit would slap heavier fines on firms that exploit low paid workers, he will say in a speech onimmigration.
The Conservatives said nothing Mr Miliband was proposing would help to control immigration andvowed to change EU free movement rules.
Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are set to outline plans to boost apprenticeships.
And David Cameron will pledge to make pensions campaigner Ros Altmann a minister forconsumer protection, if the Tories are re-elected.
In other election news:
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Main pledges
1,000 new border staff and exitchecks
Keep cap on workers fromoutside the EU
Make it illegal for employers toundercut British workers byexploiting migrants
Twoyear wait before EUmigrants can claim outofworkbenefits
UKIP's Nigel Farage will be among leaders to face audience questions in regional electionprogrammes, the BBC has announced
Conservative Chief Whip Michael Gove has appeared to rule out any deal with UKIP, tellingthe Telegraph: "We're not going to get into bed with them"
The latest poll for the Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft suggests the SNP has made gains inLabour strongholds and Lib Dem territory
On a visit to the north west of England, Mr Miliband will repeat his admission that Labour hasmade mistakes in immigration policy and say it is an issue the next government must deal with.
But he will warn that the Conservatives will "never be able to tackle immigration properly becausethey don't understand that an epidemic of exploitation is driving up the number of low-skill workerswho come here".
Describing people living in cramped conditions, paid below the minimum wage, he will add: "It'sexploitation of the worst kind. But it isn't just bad for those people directly affected, it drives downstandards for everybody else, undercutting local workers, and making life harder for responsibleemployers."
'Crucial contribution'
The new task force - or "Home OfficeEnforcement Unit" - would have more than 100staff "to root out the illegal exploitation whichundercuts wages and conditions for localworkers", says Labour.
It would bring together teams from theGangmasters Licensing Authority and specialistpolice units with extra Home Office staff.
The coalition has increased penalties onemployers who pay less than the legal minimumand has placed a cap on non-EU migration.
UKIP has said the the new policy ongangmasters is necessary only because ofLabour's lax control of Britain's borders in thepast.
The Labour leader will also say the party wouldempower all the UK's healthcare regulators torequire all health professionals to have a"sufficient knowledge of English" before theycould care for patients.
The coalition government has given some healthregulators the power to impose language tests,but Labour says the process has been too slowand does not cover all staff, such as paramedics, social workers and physiotherapists.
Immigration
Labour
What the other partiessay
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Farms in some areas rely on workers from overseas who, if paid through agencies, can get lessthan the minimum wage
Mr Miliband will say that everyone knows that people from overseas have made a "crucialcontribution" to the NHS, but that "everyone in Britain should know how to speak English...especially those who work in public services in public-facing roles, and nowhere is that more truethan in our NHS".
Home Office Minister James Brokenshire, for the Conservatives, said: "Nothing Ed Miliband isproposing today would help control immigration. Labour sent out 'search parties for people' andunder them net migration increased more than five-fold."
He said the Conservatives had cracked down on illegal working and would seek to change EUfree movement rules if they won the election.
The Liberal Democrats also mention English language in their manifesto, saying people whocannot speak good English and want to claim Jobseeker's Allowance should have to attendcourses.
The Conservatives say EU migrants should have to wait four years before they can claim certainbenefits or social housing and that child benefit payments should not be made for children livingoutside the UK.
Recently, some Labour figures complained about the party's messages on immigration. DavidLammy warned that the party should not be "trying to out-UKIP UKIP".
Pensions help
The Conservatives' key announcement on Saturday is that pensions campaigner Ros Altmannwould be made a Tory peer and given responsibility for financial education and consumerprotection.
David Cameron says he wants the "country's leading expert" on these issues to be at the heart of
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government, helping give people "more power to save, to access their pension, to pass theirpension on to their children".
The Liberal Democrats' focus will be on apprenticeships, with a promise that the party woulddouble the number of employers offering apprenticeships to young people. Business SecretaryVince Cable will say this would mean 360,000 firms offering on-the-job training.
Companies would be offered exemptions from National Insurance and apprenticeship grants asextra incentives. The policy would mean the creation of "more apprenticeship starts per year thanGermany", he will say.
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