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Scotland

Greens’ role in Scottish Government blocked prostitution reform, Regan claims

Prostitution reforms were hampered by the Scottish Government’s power-sharing agreement with the Greens, Ash Regan has claimed. The former SNP MSP defected to Alba in October 2023, a year after quitting as community safety minister over her ...

11 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Sex work and drug dealing boost GDP – not volunteering – says ex-Whitehall boss

Putting a stop to volunteer work and telling people to hit the streets to take up sex work and drug dealing would drive up GDP, a former Whitehall chief said as he savaged the Government’s botched growth plans. The “radical” ...

20 Oct 2022 at 20:04

Scotland

Regan’s push to Nordic prostitution model deemed ‘disaster for sex workers’

Criminalising the purchase of sex would be a “disaster for Scottish sex workers”, campaigners have said as they criticised Alba MSP Ash Regan’s proposed Bill. Ms Regan opened a consultation on introducing the so-called ...

28 Aug 2024 at 13:39

Health

Trans woman who discovered her femininity through sex work and drag seeks facial feminisation surgery to ‘feel complete’

A transgender woman who still uses her “dead name” at work and has yet to come out to her parents is seeking facial feminisation surgery to “finally feel complete”. Nell Nelson, 35, an administrator and drag performer ...

02 Oct 2024 at 06:30

Health

Trans woman who uses ‘dead name’ at work and leaves personality ‘at the door’ hopes surgery will help her feel complete

A transgender woman who still uses her “dead name” at work and “hangs (her) personality up at the door” is hoping facial feminisation surgery will help her “finally feel complete”. Nell Nelson, 35, an administrator ...

12 Dec 2024 at 06:30

Ireland

Three-quarters of sex workers started because of financial reasons – research

Around three-quarters of sex workers in Ireland started because of financial reasons, research shows. The research, carried out by Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI), also found that migrant sex workers face ...

11 Aug 2025 at 13:13

Scotland

Holyrood committee split on prostitution Bill as concerns raised

A Holyrood committee is split on a new Bill which would criminalise the buyers of sex. Independent MSP Ash Regan introduced the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill last year, proposing to ...

23 Jan 2026 at 00:01

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