Long-awaited transgender guidance for schools will be delayed, the education secretary has confirmed.
Gillian Keegan said on Wednesday that the government advice won’t be in place ahead of Parliament’s summer recess, but did say schools will be required to get parental consent for pupils to identify as a different gender.
It followed reports that the attorney-general warned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that plans to ban schoolchildren from socially transitioning without parental consent, would be unlawful.
On Tuesday, the Times of London quoted an unnamed Whitehall source who stated Victoria Prentis concluded that the government’s draft guidance could cause serious legal implications….