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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Rishi Sunak to ‘row back on plans to ban gay and trans conversion therapy amid Tory divisions’

PA Wire

Rishi Sunak will kick plans for a ban on gay and trans conversion therapy into the long grass, as dozens of Tory MPs urged the prime minister not to include it in the King’s Speech, according to reports.

Following claims that the government was “stuck in a loop” amid disagreements on the wording of the ban, the prime minister was reported this week to finally be planning to include a draft bill in the King’s Speech next month to prohibit conversion therapy.

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