The cost of living crisis and Britain’s faltering economy is causing a significant rise in the number of women returning to sex work, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
And the organisation says women are putting themselves in much more dangerous situations as they struggle to pay their energy bills and feed their families. The numbers asking for help has risen by more than a third in a year and the vast majority are mothers.
Minnie Stephenson has been speaking to some about their experiences.
Produced by: Jamie Roberton, Nina Hodgson, Alice Anderson and Matthew Lucas
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