MPs likely to be whipped against move to add protections, as government insists it is already taking action on risk of forced labourMinisters have accused of turning a “blind eye to slavery” by ordering Labour MPs to...
Read MoreMeasures blocking companies involved in modern slavery from receiving public money could be overturnedMeasures that would have blocked companies found to have used forced labour in any part of the state-owned Great British...
Read MoreCommittee says firms should be required to say how they will tackle modern slavery in supply chainsThe government must close loopholes that enable firms exploiting workers to undercut British businesses or risk the UK becoming a...
Read MoreCross-party backing likely for amendment to GB Energy bill aiming to block solar panels made by Uyghur forced labourThe government is facing defeat next week over a move to guarantee that companies using forced labour do not...
Read MoreCharities and experts call for national conversation to move away from sensationalism after Musk criticismKeir Starmer must move the conversation on child sexual exploitation away from sensationalism to support for victims who...
Read MoreDeputy prime minister says she spoke with vice president-elect about ‘plans for the future and working together’Yesterday Ed Balls, the former Labour shadow chancellor, said Donald Trump’s victory in the US...
Read MorePrime minister’s chief fixer, Pat McFadden, says he thinks government can get by without Nigel Farage’s assistanceKeir Starmer will today sign new agreements to intercept criminal gangs smuggling migrants through the...
Read MoreMore than 23,000 files were left open by the last government, says minister, with delays of up to four years in assigning victim statusThe Home Office has recruited 200 staff to clear a backlog of 23,300 modern slavery cases...
Read MorePeers say protections have been undermined by three immigration acts passed by the previous governmentLabour should restore protections for victims of modern slavery, which have been undermined by recent Tory immigration laws, a...
Read MoreChildren’s commissioner warns referral mechanism does not offer sufficient protection, after FoI data reveals scale of problemUK politics live – latest updatesThe children’s commissioner for England has warned...
Read MoreNew offences, laws and reforms across policing and justice system will be among plans outlined in king’s speechUK politics live – latest updatesDrug dealers who exploit children will face punishment under a new law...
Read MoreExclusive: Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages expose people to ‘hyper-precarity’ and exploitationVisas created hastily to solve labour shortages as a result of Brexit have put workers at greater risk of...
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