The ink was barely dry on the Cabinet stamp of approval on legislation to outlaw sex for rent when my phone pinged.

Flashing up on my screen was a message about a young au pair from South America who was trapped in a sex-for-rent situation which is unlikely to be improved even if the legislation had immediately come into effect.

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