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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Aine Fox

Liberty in legal action against equalities watchdog over gender consultation

Liberty said six weeks is not long enough for people to be properly consulted on the guidance (Lesley Martin/PA) - (PA Wire)

Human rights group Liberty has accused Britain’s equalities watchdog of trying to “speed through sweeping changes” to guidance after the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex.

The campaign group said it has submitted legal papers to the High Court alleging the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) six-week consultation period on the new guidance is “unlawful”, with anything less than 12 weeks “wholly insufficient”.

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