Campaigners react as parliament votes against making misogyny a hate crime
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MPs have voted against making misogyny a hate crime, despite a record 63,136 rape cases being reported last year.
Here is Joe Foley with more information.
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As Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police join forces in a strategy to help women feel safer on the streets, one city councillor says the most important thing now is to make misogyny a hate crime.
