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Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has been accused of putting lives at risk by the anti-slavery watchdog.

Yesterday Mahmood said the use of modern slavery legislation to block deportations of migrants made a “mockery of our laws”. Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor have the story.

The Home Office are the deciders in this country on whether someone is a victim of modern slavery. They have the final decision-making.

Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords select committees have looked at this issue in recent years, and they found there’s no misuse of the system.