Draft anti-slavery legislation that aims to introduce tougher sentences for human trafficking is due to be published today. The BBC reports that the Modern Slavery Bill will increase the maximum prison sentence for offenders from 14 years to life. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has called for the bill to include legal protection for child victims, by providing them with a legal guardian who is responsible for them through their case.
Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected a controversial proposal to limit child benefit payments to two children for every family. The Telegraph reports that Nadhim Zahawi, a member of the No 10 Policy Board, called for child benefit and child tax credits to be available only for a family’s first two children, but Cameron is not keen on the idea.
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