The UK’s anti-slavery tsar has said the Home Office failed to take her warnings into account when devising its immigration bill, and suggested that the measures are driven by “political calculation” rather than expertise.
Dame Sara Thornton, whose last day as independent anti-slavery commissioner was on Friday, told The Independent she has been frustrated at times during her tenure that Priti Patel and her team pushed ahead with plans without providing evidence they are likely to work.
