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Schools in UK 'face legal risks if they follow new transgender guidance'
It's just so typical for the Tories these days. In their desperation for a new front in the culture wars (all they've got left to attract votes, since everyone agrees their incompetent grifters), they just can't stick to the law. But it'll be someone else who faces the trouble.
Schools in England could face legal action if they follow new guidance on how to treat transgender children, ministers’ own lawyers have reportedly warned.
Advice issued prior to the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, and the equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, publishing draft guidance to schools and colleges which said they had no duty to allow students to “socially transition”, warns of significant legal risks if they follow it.
Social transitioning includes people changing their preferred names or pronouns and includes school uniform changes.
According to the trade magazine Schools Week, which said it had received leaked information, the advice from Whitehall lawyers on the drafted guidance, published for public consultation this week, also cites the need to observe the Equality Act.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/20/schools-in-uk-face-legal-risks-if-they-follow-new-transgender-guidance
Advice issued prior to the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, and the equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, publishing draft guidance to schools and colleges which said they had no duty to allow students to “socially transition”, warns of significant legal risks if they follow it.
Social transitioning includes people changing their preferred names or pronouns and includes school uniform changes.
According to the trade magazine Schools Week, which said it had received leaked information, the advice from Whitehall lawyers on the drafted guidance, published for public consultation this week, also cites the need to observe the Equality Act.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/20/schools-in-uk-face-legal-risks-if-they-follow-new-transgender-guidance
Oh, sorry, they have got something else - fix potholes in London, and brand it as "Network North":
There was anger and exasperation on Wednesday after the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed funding “for each London borough to ensure millions of road users enjoy smoother and safer journeys”.
The £235m of London pothole money was possible only because of £8.3bn of extra investment which came from scrapping HS2.
In a social media announcement with a photograph of a worker driving a road roller, the London scheme is billed as a Network North project.
...
Those sentiments were echoed by Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester. “Network North seems to include everywhere – except the north,” he said, responding to the government’s tweet.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/20/disbelief-at-plan-to-fix-london-potholes-as-part-of-network-north-project
The £235m of London pothole money was possible only because of £8.3bn of extra investment which came from scrapping HS2.
In a social media announcement with a photograph of a worker driving a road roller, the London scheme is billed as a Network North project.
...
Those sentiments were echoed by Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester. “Network North seems to include everywhere – except the north,” he said, responding to the government’s tweet.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/20/disbelief-at-plan-to-fix-london-potholes-as-part-of-network-north-project