The largest-ever modern slavery ring uncovered in the UK has been broken up after a three-year investigation into its activities. Some of its 400 victims worked for as little as 50p a day.

Their labour earned millions for members of a criminal gang... Gang members were jailed on Friday.

The gang tricked and then trafficked vulnerable men and women... to Britain with the promise of gainful employment...

Working on farms, rubbish recycling centres and poultry factories in the Midlands, they were made to live in cramped, rat-infested accommodation and reduced to going to soup kitchens and food banks to get enough to eat... Brutality was commonplace...

Many of the survivors who were supported by the charity are now in employment...