The couple who allegedly held three women for more than 30 years were leaders of an extremist Maoist collective, it has been claimed.

The couple accused of holding three women as slaves for more than 30 years have been linked to 13 addresses across the capital, it was reported.

Many victims of modern slavery are being “hidden in plain sight” across Britain, British home secretary Theresa May has warned following the discovery of three women allegedly held as slaves for at least 30 years.

Two of the three women allegedly held as slaves for at least 30 years had lived in a “collective” with the man arrested after meeting through a “shared political ideology”, police have disclosed.