Escorts in The United Kingdom are at risk of having their bank accounts frozen
2023-08-06
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Campaigners have warned that the freezing of bank accounts for prostitues leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and violence.
The warning comes after former UKIP leader Nigel Farage demanded compensation from private bank Coutts after it closed his account, partly due to his political views.
Two bank bosses, including NatWest Group's chief executive Dame Alison Rose, stepped down l .....
Strippers Are Confirming We’re In A Recession
2023-05-09
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It seems that, like with lipstick sales and luxury hair treatments, the success of strip clubs is another marker of an economic downturn.
Recessions have historically been marked by a decrease in consumer spending, and this recession is no exception. As one Twitter user noted, her earnings have halved and the clubs are almost empty. Another commented, Strippers have been telling y’all .....
Newham Council to engage with sex workers
2023-04-28
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Newham Council has announced that it will develop a new Sex Work Strategy that puts public health at the heart of supporting vulnerable people and reducing the stigmatisation and exploitation of street and off-street Sex workers. The Council made this announcement after consulting on Sex work within the borough recently.
The new strategy will adopt a public health approach based on extensive .....
The Future of Sex Work in the UK
2023-04-26
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Date of Event: Thursday, May 4th 2023
Time of Event: 9:30 AM — 1:15 PM
Place of Event: Webinar
There were believed to be 105,000 individuals in the UK who are involved in prostitution, up from 72,000 in 2016. The vast majority of these are women. The cost-of-living crisis is pushing yet more women into sex work and forcing them to take work from violent and .....
Tory councillor thrown out of party after saying alleged rape victim was probably a prostitute
2023-04-18
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A Tory guy who said a woman who got raped was probably a hooker who got mad because a guy didn’t pay her got kicked out by his party.
Shaun Slator, who got elected last year in Bromley, London, got in trouble for tweeting something nasty on New Year’s Eve, when the cops asked for help about a rape case in Plumstead.
He tweeted: “More likely that it’s a punter tha .....
Met police officer 'used CCTV cameras to stalk his ex-girlfriend after telling her to take up sex wo
2023-03-17
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Hey there! So, there's a story about a police officer named PC Jonathan Simon who allegedly used CCTV cameras to stalk his ex-girlfriend after she ended their relationship because he only wanted sex. The court heard that they met when he was called to her address for a neighbor dispute, and he then manufactured reasons to return to her address later that day, where they became intimate. The w .....
Dear Mr Andrews by Lotte Latham
2023-02-04
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Dear Mr Andrews by Lotte Latham is published by Guts Publishing and is out no
Escorting is a safer and simpler option, Latham has decided. “I just don’t like the idea of not being able to operate as a business,” she says. “Back in ancient Greece, prostitutes had guilds. They were business women in their own right. With escorting, I can check other people’s profi .....
Sex Work T-shirts and Hoodies
2023-01-06
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Sex work T shirts
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Police raids do not result in trafficking victims being referred to support services.
2022-12-22
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Where police claim that raids were made on brothels because there is trafficking occurring, in actual fact no referrals are made to support services in 7 out of 10 of these raids.
Researchers warn that police officers are misleading the public by claiming they have rescued trafficking victims in these raids. Police regularly conduct raids on brothels on the pretext they are saving traf .....
MPs call for inquiry into UK sex worker safety
2022-12-09
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Financial times article reports that the conservative MP Caroline Nokes will write to the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office, asking them to look at the factors driving people into sex work. It is felt that the economic downturn is forcing many women into sex work.
It is felt that the archaic laws on sex work should be reviewed, this falls into two camps, such as decriminalisa .....