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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor

Labour accuses new antislavery watchdog of being ‘Conservative patsy’

Portrait photo of Eleanor Lyons.
A Home Office statement said Eleanor Lyons was selected ‘following a robust competition’. Photograph: Home Office/PA

Labour has accused Suella Braverman of employing an inexperienced “Conservative patsy” as the UK’s independent antislavery watchdog after 18 months during which the statutory role remained unfilled.

Eleanor Lyons, who was a special adviser to Boris Johnson, will take the role of antislavery commissioner in December, the home secretary announced on Wednesday.

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