British Attorney General fined £5,000

ATTORNEY General Patricia Scotland was fined £5,000 (€5,529) yesterday for employing an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper, fuelling calls from opposition parties for her to resign.

The British Border Agency said that following an investigation it was satisfied Scotland had not knowingly employed an illegal worker and that she took steps to check documents provided by Tongan Loloahi Tapui as proof of her right to work in Britain.

“However, the law requires that employers must keep copies of documents proving the right to work in Britain and in this instance the employer failed to meet this requirement,” the Border Agency said in a statement announcing the fine.