Election 2015: Labour to set out key immigration policies

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Labour will promise to crack down on the exploitation of immigrants today as it sets out one of its key policies ahead of the general election.

PERTH, SCOTLAND - MARCH 21: Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party gives his speech to the Scottish Labour conference on March 21, 2014 in Perth, Scotland. Mr Miliband told party members that a yes vote in the independence referendum and a Conservative win in the next general election would force Scotland and the rest of the UK to compete on cutting taxes and wages to compete globally. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Ed Miliband will say that under a Labour government 100 staff will be challenged to increase prosecutions and fines against bad employers who encourage low skilled migration and undermine the minimum wage.

Mr Miliband will say abusive practices such as forcing scores of workers to live in cramped houses for illegally low wages is driving unskilled migration and hurting conditions for local workers.

And he will condemn the prime minister for not meeting his promise to cut immigration to the tens of thousands, insisting Labour will not make pledges it cannot meet.