RISHI SUNAK’S plans to toughen the criteria for claims of modern-day slavery are dangerous and risk undermining protections for victims, campaigners and experts have warned. 

The Prime Minister is planning to rewrite modern slavery guidance as part of a set of new policies designed to crack down on people arriving in the UK via irregular routes and clear the asylum backlog. 

Under the plans, Mr Sunak is pledging to remove the “gold plating” on the guidance by “significantly raising” the threshold someone has to meet to be recognised as a victim of slavery and reducing a cooling-off period from 45 to 30 days following an initial decision.