Poverty

The English Collective of Prostitutes says Whitehall must step in to provide financial relief. Picture: English Collective of ProstitutesThe English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), based at the Crossroads Women’s Centre in Wolsey Mews, is calling on Whitehall to officially recognise sex workers as employees so they can receive financial aid, as the government has done […]

Sex work. Aside from healthcare, it’s the ultimate close contact service. And right now, many of its estimated 72,800 sex workers in the UK are particularly vulnerable to the physical and economic effects of the Covid crisis. With a UK lockdown in force, not only are thousands of sex workers being forced to choose between […]

Pandemic ‘adds to an existing crisis’, campaigner says Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Sex workers are being left penniless and face being made homeless as they struggle for income during the coronavirus outbreak, campaigners have said. The government has brought in strict lockdown measures to limit the spread of the virus, with people told to remain at home and avoid contact […]

SEX WORKERS are demanding emergency funds from the government, warning that the loss of income caused by the coronavirus crisis could reduce many of them to destitution.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in north London, has made an urgent call for sex workers to be entitled to the same financial support as others hit by […]

The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in London, want the government to recognise thousands of sex workers across the country as employees affected by coronavirusSex workers are demanding a bailout from the government after seeing their income plummet because of the coronavirus crisis.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, London, want the government to recognise […]

The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, in London, have demanded worker status for thousands of sex workers across the countrySex workers are demanding bailouts from the government after their income plunged amid the coronavirus crisis.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, in London, have demanded worker status for thousands of […]