British Mums 'selling sex to feed their children as benefit cuts hit poorest'

Respect For the Unemployed & Benefit Claimants WOMEN in Britain are turning to #prostitution to feed their kids as welfare reforms hit the poorest and most vulnerable families. Staff at the Lighthouse Project, a charity supporting street workers in Hull, have seen a increase in women turning to prostitution as #unemployment rates soar and benefit cuts take hold. Anne Dannerolle, chair of trustees at the charity, revealed they are now giving out food parcels to the women selling their bodies for sex. She said: "We have started to see women who are literally starving and they are out there to feed themselves. "Often, that is because of benefit cuts or sanctions, when their benefit cuts are taken away from them for a couple of weeks. I have a real concern about that. "If they have no one to turn to in an emergency, they have to find a way to get money – and that often means crime or going out on the streets. "I suppose it is seen as a crime that hurts nobody – it just hurts themselves." Mrs Dannerolle said she recently saw a woman working on the streets for the first time to raise money for food. "After that, she carried on coming out and got involved in drugs through being on the streets," she said. "Many of the women hate what they are doing so much that they take drugs or consume a high level of alcohol to numb it." EAPN - European Anti Poverty Network

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