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Judge axes challenge to £1 an hour jobs in detention centres
by Phil Miller at the High Court
The Royal Courts of Justice
A LEGAL challenge to the Home Office’s policy of paying migrants just £1 an hour to work inside immigration detention centres was shot down today by a High Court judge.
In a surprise move Mr Justice Murray denied permission for a group of detainees to bring a judicial review against Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s department.
The Home Office was under pressure from lawyers for not giving detainees a pay rise since the £1 an hour rate was first fixed in 2008.
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