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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Richard Adams Education editor

School leaders frustrated by ‘squabble’ over Sunak’s promised transgender guidance

Students in a lesson at school.
The guidance has been held up by legal difficulties and a ministerial statement confirming the delay is now expected on Thursday. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Schools are being left in limbo by the government’s “political squabbles” delaying its transgender guidance for students and staff, according to school leaders.

Rishi Sunak had promised that guidance for schools in England dealing with trans issues would be published by the end of the summer term. But the guidance has been held up by legal questions, with No 10 saying on Wednesday that “more evidence is required” before publication.

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