UK Labour against exploitation of immigrants

UK opposition leader Ed Miliband has vowed more stringent control of opportunistic hiring of immigrants. Polish immigrants have recently been under fire from the conservatives for taking advantage of social welfare payments in the UK. Miliband wants to protect the minimum wage and stop temp agency hiring as well as recruitment abroad. Exploitation of workers would become an offense. Polish workers would not get benefits for two years after arrival. Integration and learning English will be a priority. "When people can be exploited for low wages or endangered at work, it drags the whole system down, undercutting the pay and conditions of local workers," said the Labour leader.