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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Tory Liz Truss vows to make street harassment a specific offence if she becomes PM

Tory leadership contender Liz Truss has pledged to make street harassment such as cat-calling, kerb crawling and making lewd comments a specific criminal offence.

The wannabe PM vowed to outlaw public harassment and rapidly bring in a new domestic abuse register to clamp down on violence against women.

Police officers would receive compulsory training on how to help victims of domestic abuse under her plans.

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