Prostitution 'adds £5bn a year to UK economy'. - D Telegraph

[dayton123]

According to new 'official data', prostitution is contributing around £5bn a year to the British economy. Dr Brooke Magnanti, a former sex worker, doesn't think the numbers add up

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[vorian]

Right I have just read that they use punternet as a source to estimate some figures. I take everything I said earlier back,  it must be a load of bollocks.

[sucky2dollar]

The article says they used a few sources including a charity for women and punternet.
Well the majority of prostitutes are not going to be members of this specific charity and as for punternet as a factual source about anything... 

The only way to get an accurate figure would be for all prossies to declare their earnings and pay tax...

[wristjob]

The only way to get an accurate figure would be for all prossies to declare their earnings and pay tax...

And the first stage of that is getting a idea of how much they earn so HMRC knows how much to budget for going after them.