![]() The scheme was declared a success and went permanent in January 2016. Women can solicit to sell sex there and men solicit to buy sex (on foot or in cars) without fear of arrest between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am – provided they stick to the rules, which include disposing of litter responsibly and not engaging in public indecency. The zone was originally introduced quietly in October 2014 as a pilot scheme. I was on my way to join a small group walking round the red light district in Holbeck, Leeds – what’s officially known as the ‘managed approach’ and locally as the ‘zone.’ It consists of designated streets in a commercial district next to a working class residential neighbourhood of mainly run-down Victorian terraced housing. ![]() ![]() There was something about the way the cab driver said, “Holbeck” when I gave him the address that concentrated my mind. ![]()
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