British Immigration Minister forced to resign after illegally employing a foreign cleaner

The Immigration Minister sensationally quit last night for employing a Colombian cleaner who was in the country illegally – and he may now be hit with a £5,000 fine.

Mark Harper – tipped to be a future Prime Minister – said he had offered his resignation because he had failed to carry out checks that would have established she was in the UK unlawfully.

He now faces a fine for not keeping copies of the immigration papers shown to him by the cleaner.

Commons records show that the unidentified cleaner, who is now subject to ‘enforcement action’ by border officials, received at least £2,000 from Mr Harper’s Westminster expenses before second home allowances were tightened up.

Downing Street said David Cameron had accepted Mr Harper’s resignation ‘with regret’ – adding that there was ‘no suggestion’ the Tory MP had ‘knowingly employed an illegal immigrant’.

SOURCE-DAILYM