Ministers ‘failing to protect’ people trafficked to UK as modern slaves

Anti-slavery commissioner says change in law needed so that victims are more likely to be allowed to stay in UK

• As the government's anti-slavery chair, I see the Home Office failing - and victims suffering

Ministers are failing to protect people trafficked to Britain as modern slaves, the government's own expert has said.

Sara Thornton, the UK's independent anti-slavery commissioner, said the law needed changing so those established as victims of traffickers would be more likely to be granted protection and allowed to stay in the UK.