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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Government will not be hurried on school guidance after gender ruling – minister

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said guidance would be issued later this year (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government has said it will not be hurried into publishing guidance for schools on how to support children who are questioning their gender, after the Supreme Court ruled on the legal definition of a woman.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was important the right information was provided to schools, as she accused shadow education secretary Laura Trott of “shameless opportunism” in asking why ministers had not published it.

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