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May 7, 2019

Change the system or face global ecological collapse, says global biodiversity assessment

The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change social and economic systems, according to a global assessment by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
May 6, 2019

Church of Scotland makes fresh commitment to tackle human trafficking and slavery

The Church of Scotland has made a fresh commitment to tackle human trafficking and modern slavery. It has signed a declaration to work with the Scottish Government and other statutory services and sectors to eradicate the scourge on society.
April 19, 2019

Union calls to end the exploitation of supply teachers by agencies

Supply teacher agencies offer supply teachers less pay than ten or even twenty years ago, says union leader.
April 11, 2019

Home insurance companies 'make 100% of their profits from the loyalty penalty'

Home insurance companies make over half of their profits from people defined by the market’s regulator as potentially vulnerable.
April 9, 2019

High Court rules against 'worst gangmaster ever' in modern slavery case

A group of Lithuanian men were put to work in terrible conditions by a British company, catching chickens at farms all over the country.
March 28, 2019

Parliamentary inquiry into the scandal of ‘sent away’ children

The Children’s Society calls for the introduction of independent legal guardians who can support all separated young people, not just those who are suspected of being victims of modern slavery.
March 18, 2019

Ninefold increase in modern slavery referrals by councils

Referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made by councils have soared ninefold in five years, new figures show.
March 15, 2019

Italy must urgently protect migrant workers from exploitation, say UN rights experts

Hundreds of migrant workers have been evicted from an informal settlement in Calabria.
February 18, 2019

High Court to hear modern slavery claims on behalf of Lithuanian workers

Workers allege they were trafficked and put to work in gruelling conditions at farms all over the UK.
February 6, 2019

Many migrant workers in Qatar 'still at risk of forced labour'

The Qatari authorities are still failing to tackle widespread labour exploitation in the country, says Amnesty International.