Xtra looks at women's issues

6:00am Friday 5th December 2008

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The spirit of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) looks set to help stamp out one of Britain's most depressing crimes.

This week the government's minister for women, Harriet Harman, asked members of the Women's Institute to keep their eyes peeled for local newspaper adverts offering sex with foreign women.

And the Government says there are to be "no more excuses", but proposals to legislate against men who pay for sex have met with criticism. Where exactly does Britain stand on prostitution?

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