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MPs called yesterday for new laws to criminalise people who buy sex.
A report by the all-party parliamentary group on prostitution and the global sex trade (APPG) recommended the move after finding current legislation "fails to protect the vulnerable."
In the report, Redbridge Council head of crime partnerships Mark Benbow said: "The police do the easy part, which is target the women involved, rather than the more difficult, which is the men behind it."
ANNA FISHER explores what would it mean for women’s equality and public safety if Britain embraces full commercialisation of the sex trade
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
The legacy of socialist feminists such as Alexandra Kollontai challenges us today to confront an uncomfortable truth: framing prostitution as empowerment lets the abusers of the Epstein class off the hook, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young