Nurses vote to back decriminalisation of prostitution

There are 72,800 sex workers in the UK, of whom 88% are women, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAThe union representing Britain’s nurses will start lobbying governments across the UK to decriminalise prostitution in order to safeguard sex workers and improve their health.The Royal College of Nursing voted by an overwhelming majority at its annual conference to ask ministers in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast to make the change.Lou Cah