Immigration minister Mark Harper resigns over illegal immigrant cleaner
Source: Guardian UK
Mark Harper, the immigration minister behind the controversial campaign that put "go home" adverts on vans to urge illegal immigrants to leave Britain, has resigned after learning that his private cleaner for seven years did not have permission to work in the UK.
Harper, who was steering an immigration bill through the Commons that warns employers of their duty to check the status of employees, notified David Cameron on Friday, when his resignation was accepted "with regret".
Downing Street, however, said there was no evidence that Harper "knowingly employed an illegal immigrant".
Harper's resignation was accepted just 24 hours after he discovered his cleaner was in the UK illegally. It prompted a mini-reshuffle, with Home Office minister James Brokenshire promoted to Harper's position and Karen Bradley, Conservative MP for Staffordshire Moorlands, filling the former's position.
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