Diane Abbott slams Durham University as ‘horrific’ for sex work training

In light of the news that Durham University has offered training workshops for students employed in the sex industry, former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has hit back.

The Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said via Twitter: “Horrific that Durham University is offering training to students who want to be sex workers part-time. Sex work is degrading, dangerous and exploitative. Uni should have nothing to do with it.”

The Times reported earlier today that Michelle Donelan, the minister for higher and further education, had blasted the Durham Students Union for an email to all students and staff advertising the courses.