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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Government will vote against making misogyny a hate crime after House of Lords backs new law, Dominic Raab suggests

Angela Christofilou

The government will vote against making misogyny a hate crime after a new law was backed by the House of Lords, Dominic Raab has suggested.

An amendment to the policing bill, brought by the Tory peer and former victims commissioner Baroness Newlove, was voted through by 242 votes to 185 on Monday night.

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