As the government faces calls to axe the five-week wait for Universal Credit payments, one ex-claimant describes her experience.One woman told Sky News she had been forced to sell sex for £5 after Universal Credit struggles.Women are being driven to carry out “survival sex” work because of the five-week wait for Universal Credit payments, MPs […]
BY GEORGIA ASPINALL Women are being forced into survival sex work to afford basic necessities because of issues with universal credit according to new warnings from MPs. The work and pensions committee has lambasted the government for not taking the issue seriously sooner, having previously said that the link between universal credit and survival sex work was […]
MPs said the wait for the first payment was one of the ‘deep, structural problems’ with Universal Credit and called for it to be scrapped By Serina Sandhu The Government must end the five-week wait for Universal Credit as it is often the reason claimants say they are forced into “survival sex”, MPs have said. The […]
Response to the Report from the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit and “survival sex” Laura Watson from the English Collective of Prostitutes, which gave evidence to the Committee says: “The fury against Universal Credit is growing. Women and children are its first targets and single mothers have been hit particularly hard losing […]
The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry into prostitution. The survey can be filled out online here.The answers to the questions must be in a word document and must be completed by the 22nd October. Please send a copy of your answers to the ECP at ecp@prostitutescollective.netNote that the Committee is not accepting […]
A play based on a rape trial which made legal history.“Challenging . . . uncompromising, everything theatre should be.” Tribune 2015Venue: Clean Break, 2 Patshull Rd, Kentish Town, London NW5 2LB1 – 14 November 2019 (except Sundays) 7.30pm, running time 75 minutesQ&A after shows on 1st, 8th & 12th November from 9-9.30pm, featuring a complainant and other […]
16 men tried to buy sex in The Arboretum over just two nightsAnd six vehicles were identified as ‘cruising’ the areaA total of 16 men attempted to buy sex or sexual services in The Arboretum area in just two nights, it has been revealed.They were identified by Nottinghamshire Police’s Prostitution team during an operation tackling […]
This week Sara speaks to Niki and Laura from the English Collective of Prostitutes, which campaigns for decriminalisation and safety of sex work, about politicians, the police, and the current laws affecting sex work around the world. Niki Adams and Laura Watson are spokeswomen for the English Collective of Prostitutes, a national organisation of sex […]
Exclusive: ‘People are horrified that sex workers suffer so much violence and understand that the prostitution laws, which force women to work in isolation, increase the danger of attack,’ says campaigner Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Campaigners have called for sex work to be decriminalised as a new study finds more people in Britain support sex work law reform than oppose […]
More Britons believe sex workers should not be punished for operating out of brothels or on the street than those who think they should, an opinion poll commissioned by RightsInfo has found. Forty-nine percent of British people surveyed are in favour of decriminalising brothel-keeping, an offence punishable by up to seven years in prison. Meanwhile, 44 percent […]
