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We support Jeremy Corbyn on decriminalisation

Prostitution is rising along with poverty in Britain. To protect women both the criminalisation of sex work and austerity must be reversed.

By English Collective of Prostitutes
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English Collective of Prostitutes protest in 2011. msmornington/Flickr. (CC 2.0 by)

We welcome Jeremy Corbyn’s public statement in support of the decriminalisation of sex work. He, more than many, will have in mind the austerity cuts, 75% of which have targeted women. These cuts are responsible for massive increase in prostitution that we have seen in the UK as of late.

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