After fourteen years of the Conservative Government, we have the new Labour Government in place. So, what’s the state of the UK’s response to modern slavery that the new Government is inheriting? What should the new Government do to address modern slavery? What can we realistically expect from the new Govermnent?
The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre’s (PEC) has published a policy report, based on available evidence, urging the new Government to incorporate modern slavery prevention into its missions and priorities, for example addressing sponsored visas for agriculture and care sectors, or including modern slavery in the Fair Work Agency and in the homelessness strategy.
On this podcast we’re going to discuss this report with my colleague from the PEC, Liz Williams, who is our Head of Policy Impact and is one of the authors of the report.
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You can read more about the report by clicking the button below.
You can also read more about the research we reference in this podcast or relevant in this context, including:
- Such, E., Aminu, H., Barnes, A., Hayes, K., Ariyo, M., Brierley, R. (2022) ‘Prevention of adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK: What does or could work?’
- Franklin, A., Bradley, L., Greenaway, Jo., Goff, S., Atkins, S., Rylatt , L. (2024) ‘Internal trafficking and exploitation of children with special educational needs and disability'
- Thiemann, I., et al. (2024) ‘UK agriculture and care visas: worker exploitation and obstacles to redress'.
The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) works to transform the effectiveness of laws and policies designed to address modern slavery by funding and producing research on modern slavery with a focus on policy impact. We are part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford, and we’re funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
