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Migrant domestic workers march on Downing St to end slave conditions caused by Con-Dem visa change
Charities and unions back exploited home staff as they hand in petition to reinstate defunct overseas domestic worker visa in Modern Slavery Bill
Their union Prospect accuses V&A boss Tristram Hunt of refusing to negotiate
Migrant domestic workers exposed to slave conditions by a Con-Dem clampdown on working visas will descend on Downing Street today.
A petition of thousands of names will be handed in at the residence of posh Prime Minister David Cameron — who employs a foreign nanny to care for his kids.
Workers are demanding the reinstatement of rights guaranteed by the overseas domestic worker visa, which was axed in April 2012 by the Tories.
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