Deliveroo sacked over 100 of its drivers in an attempt to crack down on illegal immigrants working for the company.

       The food delivery giant told MPs that 105 workers had been sacked after illegally sharing their rider accounts with undocumented workers.

       Paul Bedford, Deliveroo’s policy director, wrote a letter to the business and trade select committee confirming the move.

       He wrote: "We have off-boarded 105 Deliveroo riders since April 2024 due to their substitutes providing invalid right-to-work documents.

       "To be clear, a substitute rider must have their right-to-work status verified before they can complete any orders with Deliveroo."

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       Illegal migrants were able to work for the company by riding on behalf of a person with a registered account - also an issue for rival services like Just Eat and Uber Eats.

       All three appeared in front of the select committee last month to discuss employment rights after facing mounting political pressure to crack down on undocumented workers.

       Another way companies are weeding out potential illegal immigrants is through selfie checks, which require delivery drivers to periodically upload photos or videos of themselves to prove they're the person using the account.

       This comes after Home Office statistics found two in five delivery drivers stopped during random checks in April 2023 were working illegally.

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       A Deliveroo spokesman told The Telegraph: "Deliveroo has led the industry in taking action to secure our platform against illegal working.

       "We were the first to roll out direct right-to-work checks, a registration process, daily identity verification and now additional device checks for riders, including substitutes.

       "We take our responsibilities extremely seriously and continue to strengthen our controls to prevent misuse of our platform. We would encourage the Government to ensure all major platforms urgently adopt the same standards."