‘Disastrous.’by Maya Oppenheim. 17 June 2025Labour MPs are attempting to launch the most “draconian” clampdown on sex work devised in Britain in decades, campaigners have warned.Sex workers told Novara Media that the measures proposed by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi could unjustly criminalise their friends and family and put prostitutes’ safety at risk.Antoniazzi, the Labour MP […]
SIGN ONLINE HERE Or email ecp@prostitutescollective.net to be added. Dear Home Secretary, We are writing to ask that you take action to abolish ‘prostitute’s cautions’ which trap women in sex work, prevent them from leaving abusive and violent relationships, and push them further into poverty. ‘Prostitute’s cautions’ are cautions that the police can give to […]
As part of a series of actions to mark the 50th anniversary of International Sex Workers’ Day/International Whores Day, we are organising a protest and photo op at Downing Street to hand in our Open Letter to the Home Secretary demanding the abolition of “prostitute’s cautions”. WHEN: Monday 2 June 2025, 11am-12pm WHERE: Downing Street, […]
Scottish sex workers have launched a bid to oppose a “dangerous” new law proposed by Alba MSP Ash Regan that would criminalise the purchase of sexual services in Scotland.The campaign has been set up to oppose the former SNP minister’s Prostitution (Offences And Support) (Scotland) Bill, which is set to be presented to the Scottish […]
Two amendments have been proposed to the Crime and Policing Bill that would cause great harm to sex workers. So far they haven’t been debated or voted on but a number of MPs have signed up to support them and they may well be put forward again at the next stage (report stage) of the […]
See our Action Alert with template letter to email your MP here. BRIEFING: Oppose Clauses on Prostitution in the CRIME AND POLICING BILL 2025 By the English Collective of Prostitutes, April 2025. Listen to what sex workers say would make our work safer & support us in our efforts to organise against exploitation and violence. […]
The new Netflix docuseries shines a light on how the victims of the Long Island serial killer were treated with contempt by the police — 30 years on, and it seems very little has changedBy Brit Dawson Published: 09 April 2025 At around 5AM on May 1, 2010, Shannan Gilbert — a 23-year-old sex worker from […]
Further criminalisation of sex work could be more dangerous for both sex workers and survivors of sexual exploitation, activists and charities have warnedLauren Crosby Medlicott Emma had just turned 18 and thought having sheets on the window was ‘normal’ in a first flat. But she started questioning her situation when her boyfriend dumped her in London […]
As part of International Women’s Week celebrations, we’re planning a group visit to see ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ at the Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE) on Sunday 9 March at 1pm. If you would like to join us, please just turn up! The Home section of the exhibition includes magazines, flyers, press releases, […]
Over half of UK adults believe sex workers should be able to work in safe conditions, free from criminalisation — according to new data shared exclusively with Cosmopolitan UK By Brit Dawson Mina Karenina, Hookers Against Hardship Thanks to the rise of internet porn and, more recently, OnlyFans, conversations about sex work are now more […]