Comments on: More Women trafficked into Britain as the Tory-led Coalition axes the Poppy Project 2011/04/20/more-women-trafficked-into-britain-as-the-tory-led-coalition-axes-the-poppy-project/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Oxley 2011/04/20/more-women-trafficked-into-britain-as-the-tory-led-coalition-axes-the-poppy-project/#comment-4421 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:10:42 +0000 ?p=14362#comment-4421 The Labour Party’s list of things which should not have their funding cut grows and grows. Their job is to hold the government to account but since they are so passionate and strident on the issue of cuts one might reasonably expect that they would have a suggestion or two about what should be cut.

The EU Parliament was asked recently to vote on a cost cutting measure which would have meant the MEPs travelling in economy class instead of business class on flights and travelling with standard tickets instead of first class ones for rail journeys.

UKIP and the Conservatives voted to reduce the costs but Labour and the LibDems voted to keep their perks.

]]> By: Phil Lane 2011/04/20/more-women-trafficked-into-britain-as-the-tory-led-coalition-axes-the-poppy-project/#comment-4404 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:49:30 +0000 ?p=14362#comment-4404 Hi Mary,
I agree that it is entirely wrong to remove funding for Eaves Housing to run the Poppy Project, and this seems to be part of a pattern of the government not taking its responsibilities on sex trafficking seriously. I have, however, worked with the Salvation Army around the world on the issue of human trafficking and they have a huge wealth of experience and expertise in dealing with the issue. I thought the article in the Guardian was unnecessarily dismissive of the Salvation Army. Having said this, I am in total agreement with you that cutting funding and rejecting the Eaves Housing bid is mystifying at a time when the fight against human trafficking should be stepped up and given more support, not less.

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