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‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
Modern slavery

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

Modern slavery survivors join together to have their voices heard through song in this very special choir run by The Salvation Army. Two of the women share their story with the Big Issue

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?
Maya Esslemont

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?

New data from After Exploitation and the UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) finds that one in four local councils do not offer standalone training on modern slavery, despite a legal duty to identify victims. Maya Esslemont explains the human impact

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

The charity Migrant Help estimates that there is currently around 122,000 people trapped in modern slavery across the UK – and the number is increasing

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
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Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers
MAYA ESSLEMONT

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers

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Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: ‘He saved many lives’
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Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: ‘He saved many lives’

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments
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Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she’s speaking out to help others
Modern slavery

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she’s speaking out to help others

Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain
Modern day slavery

Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain

‘Tied’ visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse
Migrant workers

‘Tied’ visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse

Borders Bill will be ‘catastrophic’ for victims of modern slavery, MPs told
Home Office

Borders Bill will be ‘catastrophic’ for victims of modern slavery, MPs told

The Big Issue is getting tough on modern slavery
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The Big Issue is getting tough on modern slavery

Coronation Street to show that ‘slavery hides in plain sight’
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Coronation Street to show that ‘slavery hides in plain sight’

This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery
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This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery

Targeted and imprisoned: The shocking reality of modern slavery in Britain
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Targeted and imprisoned: The shocking reality of modern slavery in Britain

How The Big Issue is tackling modern slavery
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How The Big Issue is tackling modern slavery

This is how homeless people are getting trapped in modern slavery
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This is how homeless people are getting trapped in modern slavery