UK government backs plan to criminalise sexual harassment in street

Home secretary supports bill aimed at criminalising harassment of women in public

Sexual harassment in the street in England and Wales will lead to sentences of up to two years in prison, under plans backed by the home secretary.

After years of lobbying by campaigners, the UK government has backed a private member's bill, tabled by the former business secretary Greg Clark, which will make sexual harassment in public space a crime.