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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Conservative MPs vote against move to make misogyny a hate crime

PA Wire

Conservative MPs have rejected an attempt to protect make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales in a bid to offer women greater police protection.

Tory backbenchers backed the government, as MPs voted 314 to 190 to remove a Lords amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill aimed at making misogyny a hate crime.

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