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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Saturday join Decrim Now & ECP at The Green Party Fringe event “Undercurrents” where we will discuss “The Fight for S_x Workers’ Rights & Why We Need Decriminalisation.” 📆: 4pm, Saturday 3rd October 📍: Wagner Hall, Brighton 🎟️: Free wegottickets.com/f/27699?utm_...

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

At TUC LGBT+ Conference, Equity's motion on unionisation & decriminalisation of sex work passed to reaffirm TUC LGBT+ Conference policy on decrim. Support the Sex Workers Union who are organising with @bfawu.bsky.social Follow @decrimnow.bsky.social and support the campaign for sex work decrim.

17 Unionisation and decriminalisation of sex work
Conference notes that:
A significant number of sex workers undertaking performance work are LGBT+ workers,
including trans and non-binary performers, reflecting both the diversity of the creative
industries and the economic marginalisation faced by LGBT+ people.
Due to the criminalisation of sex work and the poor terms and conditions in other
connected work, LGBT+ sex workers are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, unsafe
working environments, harassment and non-payment. Trans and migrant LGBT+ workers
face heightened risks of discrimination, profiling and barriers to reporting abuse.
Conference believes that:
Sexualised labour does not remove or diminish an employer’s duty of care.
LGBT+ workers in all sectors have the right to work safely, free from discrimination, with
access to union protection and clear contractual standards.
Conference calls on the TUC LGBT+ Committee to:
i. support affiliated unions to organise with and recruit LGBT+ sex workers
ii. promote union contracts and minimum health and safety standards in relevant
spaces
iii. campaign for the full decriminalisation of sex work as a matter of LGBT+
workplace safety and trade union equality.
Equity

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PCS Proud @pcsproud.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yemisi Ilesanmi, PCS Proud member and outgoing TUC LGBT+ Committee member, speaking in support of Motion 17 on the unionisation of sex workers. After our ADC this year, PCS is proud to be affiliated to @decrimnow.bsky.social #TUCLGBT

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

YES ANOTHERRRR ONE!! 🗣️ 🚨✨🥖 @bfawu.bsky.social 🥖 members support the decriminalisation of sex work!!✨🚨

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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New episode out now

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for having our amazing organiser Audrey on the podcast to talk about sex workers’ rights and why we need the full decriminalisation of sex work in the UK. Make sure to listen to the full episode!

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rax 🏳️‍🌈 she/அவள்/elle @raxsha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

For my latest for Mashable: what sex worker activists all around the world are doing to fight for everyone's digital rights Thank you @decrimnow.bsky.social @eswa-network.bsky.social @scarletalliance.bsky.social, SWU UK, United Brothel Workers in Nevada, and others 💕 mashable.com/life/adult-w...

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How adult workers are fighting for everyone's online privacy

From Sheri's Ranch in Nevada to Australia, adult workers are fighting for online safety.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

📢✨ Another decriminalisation motion has hit the trade union movement ✨📢 @pcsunion.bsky.social members support the decriminalisation of s_x work!

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨✨ @usdawunion.bsky.social members support the decriminalisation of s_x work! ✨🚨

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We’re so proud of our friends in Scotland for Decrim for being shortlisted for an award at the SMK National Campaigner Awards! Follow them on Insta at scotland4decrim to find out about their amazing work and support them.

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Lorelei Lee (they/them) @loreleilee.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

There is no such thing as "supporting" S/x workers while punishing buyers. Punishing buyers typically means policing them. Policing buyers means surveilling workers. Period. You cannot separate the two. Police surveillance IS policing. So policing buyers IS policing workers.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“Euphoria seems to proudly showcase the salaciousness of sex work to gain viewers and viral moments, all while real sex workers struggle to maintain a voice online amidst censoring legislation.” mashable.com/article/euph...

mashable.com

'Euphoria' made sex work go viral. Real sex workers are still getting censored.

If sex work is everywhere on 'Euphoria,' why is it still being erased online?

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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The Nordic model doesn't work for one simple reason: It doesn't trust sex workers. The premise of the Nordic model is that sex workers cannot be reliable narrators of their own lives. It reinforces the idea that sex workers don't know what will keep them safe.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This article by @laurenmedlicott.bsky.social details shocking treatment of sex workers in Enfield by the police - women have described being threatened with arrest and pushed into less safe, more isolated areas to work. metro.co.uk/2026/04/11/a...

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How a Met Police crackdown left sex workers fearing for their lives

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This week sex workers went to the French Senate to present a proposed bill to decriminalise sex work, developed by sex workers themselves. France has now had the disastrous Nordic model (client criminalisation) for 10 years. The fight for decrim goes on! 💪

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This is a really important article by Frances which is also really relevant to sex workers in the UK - our autumn 2025 report found that a shocking 77% of the 172 sex workers we surveyed considered themselves to be disabled or long-term/chronically ill. decrimnow.org.uk/wp-content/u... (1/x)

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The discrimination and stigma that sex workers face for simply doing their jobs is a labor issue and an occupational hazard. As Lil Tay and so many others have quickly found out, achieving success as an OnlyFans creator isn’t always quick—and it’s certainly not easy www.playboy.com/read/sex-rel...

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She Made $1 Million in 3 Hours on OnlyFans. Then, the Headaches.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Next Monday 30th March, 2-3.30pm, we’ll be hosting an online event to discuss the findings of our autumn 2025 research report on why people go into sex work and remain in it, and what they’d like the government to do to support them. Sign up here to join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/decrim-now...

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Decrim Now report launch: Sex workers navigating gendered poverty

Decrim Now shares research findings into why sex workers in England and Wales are entering and remaining in sex work, with Q&A

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A client has been charged with rape in Belgium for not paying a sex worker - this is the first time this has happened in Belgium. Belgium fully decriminalised sex work in 2022/23 and since then has set about instituting much better protections for sex workers, including sick leave and maternity pay.

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The Sex Work Historian ☂️(#DecrimNow) @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

(1/4) It's #SexWorkSaturday time! As always, the links featured in this thread are courtesy of not.a.statistic on Instagram ❤️: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Sex workers in Kolkata have been at the forefront of mobilizing for decades. Their film collective doesn't surprise me❤️

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Redlight to Limelight review – the powerful tale of 500 sex workers who formed a film collective

This documentary can’t help but be moving as it follows the Cam On group in Kolkata, who are creating a drama based on their experiences – even if it could do with more depth

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Bust Nuts, Not Unions" could singlehandedly resurrect the labor movement in the US. Sex work is work, and sex work organizing is 🤌

The United Brothel Workers may only be a few weeks old, but they're acting like a union already. (They even have the perfect picket sign slogan ready to go, if their fight gets to that point: "Bust Nuts, Not Unions!")

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Today is International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, a time to support and uplift sex workers everywhere—and a particularly good day to throw some money to the United Brothel Workers in Nevada who were illegally terminated after their historic union drive with CWA went public! ☂️

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

You may have seen some reporting recently on this attack van driven around Gorton and Denton during the recent by-election…! Green Party policy is to support the full decriminalisation of sex work, which is the best model to protect sex workers’ safety, health and human rights.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Congratulations to our incredible colleagues in Scotland for Decrim for this hard-fought victory. Sex workers in Scotland demanded to be heard, and (some) politicians listened. Particular thanks to our stalwart champion @maggiechapman.bsky.social for her support!

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Bisexual Terminator (She/They) @feralpolecat.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Can everyone please write to their MP and ask them to attend the @decrimnow.bsky.social parliament session. Sex work should be decriminalised. The Nordic model that is being proposed puts SWers at higher risk of violence and exploitation, we need full decrim! decrim-email.netlify.app

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End the criminalisation of sex work

The evidence is clear: criminalisation makes sex workers less safe.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Email your MP! Like, right now! Decrim Now are hosting a drop-in session in Parliament on the 20th January. This is a vital opportunity for us to lobby MPs to support full decriminalisation and sex workers’ rights. But to make this a success, you need to take action.

Decrim Now are hosting a drop-in session in Parliament on the 20th January. This is a vital opportunity for us to lobby MPs to support full decriminalisation and sex workers’ rights. But to make this a success, you need to take action.

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Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association @scarletalliance.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We honour all sex workers who have been murdered or have died as a result of criminalisation, stigma, and discrimination. Read our briefing papers at linktr.ee/scarlet_alliance

Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We honour all sex workers who have been subjected to violence, murdered or died as a result of criminalisation, stigma, and discrimination. These acts of violence are hate crimes.
We honour them by:
fighting policy failures
challenging all unjust laws
exposing the violent actions of governments
maintaining the legacy of community-led activism built around the peers we have lost,
campaigning to end the violence of Border Force against Asian migrant sex workers. Strength and solidarity from Respect Inc, SWOP NT, SIN, SWOP NSW, Magenta, SWEAR, SWOP ACT, Scarlet Alliance, Touching Base, ATSISWAG and AMSWAG

State violence actively harms sex workers.Criminalisation of our work creates barriers to justice and impunity for offenders committing violence against us.
Border Force raids cause profound and lasting trauma for sex workers, workplaces, and communities. Racial profiling of Asian migrant sex workers at the border results in immigration detention. It exposes migrant sex workers, particularly trans women, to significant risks of physical and sexual violence, including denial of medical care and deportation to danger.
Street-based sex workers in every jurisdiction except NT and QLD continue to face arrest and ‘move-on’ notices. Working privately with a friend for safety and support is still criminalised in the ACT, SA and WA.

We cannot end this violence without dismantling colonialism, racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, and patriarchy, and ending poverty and the criminalisation of drugs.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Sex work decriminalisation saves lives. The government had adopted the UNAIDs target to reduce new HIV transmissions in England to zero by 2030. But evidence shows that the government targets on HIV cannot be met while the criminalisation of sex work continues.

The government had adopted the UNAIDs target to reduce new HIV transmissions in England to zero by 2030. But evidence shows that the government targets on HIV cannot be met while the criminalisation of sex work continues.

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National Ugly Mugs @nationaluglymugs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This year @decrimnow.bsky.social researched the reasons why sex workers in England and Wales are currently entering and remaining in the industry. Read the full report by here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d... #16DaysOfActivism #SexWorkIsWork

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Sex workers’ rights are under threat. We need trade union members to help us fight to access the labour rights and protections we need. Join our event to find out how. Date: 27th November Time: 7 - 8:30PM Location: London Ticket link: www.eventbrite.com/e/workers-fo... (1/5)

A red faded background with a black and white photo of a person in a fluffy hat holding a sign that says “sex work is work.”

Over the top of the image, there is text that says: DECRIM NOW PRESENTS
EVENT
SEX WORK IS A TRADE UNION ISSUE

WITH SPEAKERS FROM:
UNITE 4 DECRIM
PCS 4 DECRIM
SEX WORKERS' UNION

Date: 27/11/2025
Time: 7-8:30pm
Location: London

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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Today @tgeuorg.bsky.social posted a list of names of trans people whose lives were lost to violence over the last year. Out of those whose occupation was known, most were sx workers.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

If you’re based in Scotland, please stand in solidarity with sex workers by coming to Scotland for Decrim’s protest outside Scottish Parliament next Tuesday. Sex workers and allies will be there protesting Ash Regan’s dangerous Nordic model bill.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

If you haven’t already, make sure you read this important Big Issue article on people, particularly women and disabled people, being driven into sex work by poverty, low pay, and the benefits system.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Is sex work a trade union issue? Join sex workers, trade unionists and allies to discuss the fight for decriminalisation from a workers’ rights, women’s safety and public health perspective. 27/11/2025 7-8:30PM Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/workers-fo...

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We recently spoke to @bigissue.com about the results of our recent research survey, exploring the reasons why people entered and remained in sex work. You can read the article here: www.bigissue.com/news/social-... (1/9)

bigissue.com

Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid rising living costs

The rising cost of living, cuts to benefits and welfare and poorly paid jobs have left some women and disabled people turning to sex work.

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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Rights not rescue! Join Scotland for Decrim & others rallying for sex workers' rights, & against the Nordic Model that puts them at risk of harm, violence, poverty & exploitation. Driving sex workers underground will not keep them safe! Tues 18 Nov, 6pm, Scottish Parliament

Flyer that advertises the peaceful protest against the Nordic Model. There is a drawing of a thistle being held by a hand with long blue fingernails, and the test reads: "Scotland for Decrim: join us for a peaceful protest against the Nordic Model, 18 November 2025, 6pm, meet in front of the Scottish Parliament (EH99 1SP). Rights not rescue!"

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Lauren Crosby Medlicott @laurenmedlicott.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

A survey of 172 sex workers found that 76% of sex workers started in the industry due to financial need, with 77% identifying as disabled or living with a long-term health condition. Here is what two women told me of their experiences. @decrimnow.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid rising living costs

The rising cost of living, cuts to benefits and welfare and poorly paid jobs have left some women and disabled people turning to sex work.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We are horrified but not surprised by this. No one connected to the Magdalene laundries should be involved in making law on any subject, let alone trying to push laws which endanger women who are doing sex work. Sex workers say no to the Nordic Model.

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Sex Workers Alliance Ireland @swaiireland.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

We are so delighted to see Catherine Connolly elected! She has consistently advocated for the health and safety of sex workers in Ireland during her time in the Dáil. While we will miss her as a TD, we know she will be a president for all on the island, especially the most marginalised.

10th President of Ireland
Catherine Connolly

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Sex Workers Alliance Ireland @swaiireland.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Launching the bill yesterday at the Red Umbrella Film Festival, Ruth Coppinger said “Reducing demand was a key aim of the 2017 Sexual Offences Act — this incontrovertibly has not worked, as the Minister for Justice himself admitted after the review of the legislation was published.

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Press release: Decriminalisation of sex work bill launched by TD Ruth Coppinger

The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective. These organisations are made up of sex workers and activists who are drawing on…

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Amazing work by our friends in Ireland to write and launch a bill to decriminalise sex work, which would enable sex workers to work together for safety, and improve their health and access to workers’ rights.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We’ve sent an open letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to tell him that the the government must act urgently to prevent increasing numbers of women being driven into sex work by poverty and financial need. (1/6)

A black and white photo of a person holding a sign that says, “benefit cuts drive women into prostitution,” on a bright red background. There is text overlaid that says, “OPEN LETTER: We've written to the government to tell them they must act urgently to prevent increasing
numbers of women being driven into sex work by poverty and financial need.”

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Spectra @spectra-london.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

📢 We have signed an open letter, led by @decrimnow.bsky.social , calling on the UK Government to act on the poverty crisis driving more people, especially women, into s@x work. Read more: spectra-london.org.uk/2025/09/15/wo…

A protester in a mask holds a sign reading "Benefit cuts drive women into prostitution." Text below urges government action to prevent women being forced into sex work due to poverty.

Red background with white text stating, "76% of sex workers who responded to a recent survey by Decrim Now said that financial need was the main reason they entered sex work."

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thank you Maggie for being such an amazing and consistent ally to sex workers! We hugely appreciated the opportunity to come and speak in Scottish Parliament alongside our friends from Scotland for Decrim, National Ugly Mugs and the Street Workers’ Collective Ireland.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Our amazing colleagues Laura and Victoria in Scotland for Decrim were on the BBC’s Scottish news podcast Scotcast this week, speaking about why sex workers oppose Ash Regan’s dangerous Nordic Model bill. Please listen and share, it’s a powerful episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

bbc.co.uk

Scotcast - Sex worker: Listen to me - BBC Sounds

How a proposed prostitution law could impact selling sex.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Great article from our colleagues in the English Collective of Prostitutes about how criminalisation and poverty/financial need trap women in sex work. The government could solve this by decriminalising sex work and ensuring that our social security system is fit for purpose.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Trans people are overrepresented in sex work in large part because of the discrimination and abuse they face in other workplaces and wider society. This EHRC guidance will hugely amplify that. Please write to your MP to demand democratic oversight of this harmful guidance. #NoTransSegregation

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We were pleased to speak to Lauren recently for this important article on how the criminalisation of sex workers traps them in sex work, giving them a criminal record which makes it much more difficult to get another job. The government must take urgent action to ban prostitutes’ cautions.

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