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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aubrey Allegretti

Tory MPs condemn delay to ban on LGBTQ+ conversion practices

Marchers with placards reading Ban Conversion Therapy and Stand Up for the Equality Act
Protesters calling for a ban on conversion practices at the Trans+ Pride march in London earlier this month. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Senior Conservative MPs have accused the government of a “moral failing” for delaying the long-promised ban on conversion practices that they say damage the lives of LGBT+ people.

In a letter to Rishi Sunak, a cross-party group of politicians and campaigners criticised the slow progress in bringing forward new legislation since the pledge was made five years ago.

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