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The Home Office has taken the modern slavery brief away from the minister responsible for safeguarding and classed it as an illegal immigration and asylum" issue, updated online ministerial profiles show.

The move is seen as a clear sign that the department is doubling down on Suella Braverman's suggestion that people are gaming" the modern slavery system and that victims of the crime are no longer being prioritised.

The largest single group of modern slavery victims under the referral system last year were British children - including those who were exploited through county lines. The evidence shows the majority of exploitation takes place in the UK rather than across borders.

The government should be treating this as an enforcement and safeguarding issue and taking stronger action against the crime of modern slavery wherever it takes place.