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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

Victims of child exploitation and grooming will have their child prostitution convictions disregarded after years of appalling injustice. New measures announced by the government this week will see victims who were convicted or cautioned as children for loitering and soliciting for prostitution offences automatically have these disregarded and pardoned. Announcing the scheme, the Home Office acknowledged that instead of being supported as victims, those affected were criminalised for actions that occurred under duress, fear and coercion.