The frontrunner to be Britain’s next prime minister has pledged to criminalise street harassment. Liz Truss says she would crack down on violence against women and girls and wants to introduce a national domestic abuse register.
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Under a Truss government, a standalone offence would be brought in to criminalise harassment alongside the abuse register, which would include coercive and controlling behaviour, as well as financial abuse.The Foreign Secretary highlighted the register as being key to stopping repeat offenders. ‘It is the responsibility of all political leaders, including us in Westminster and the Mayor of London, to do more.’UK drivers spending an extra £32 a month on petrol compared to last year
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