#labour

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Antek, Denisa and Vendula, seasonal workers from the Czech Republic hoeing weeds in the brassica fields of South Lincolnshire. Weeding, needing the application of the eye to determine between the crop and invasive plants is one of the few agricultural tasks that has yet to be mechanised or automated.

Human Trafficking Raids

Police officers and representitives from the HMRC conducting raids on local car wash business where employees were found to be working ten hours a day for half the minimum wage and living in 'Dickensian' conditions. Five men and one woman, all of Romanian origin, were taken into voluntary protective custody in the form of the National Referral Mechanism - a Governmental framework for identifying victims of human trafficking and ensuring they receive the appropriate protection and support.