Delayed schools’ trans guidance causing Cabinet rift

It comes after Attorney General Victoria Prentis suggested in July that proposed guidance from the Department for Education would require changes to equality law.

The DfE guidance on how schools should address transgender issues has been expected to clarify that schools should not treat gender-confused children as if they are the opposite sex.

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The Government had promised the guidance would be released before the new term but has delayed it amid reports of disagreement within cabinet. Now, Mrs Badenoch has urged the Government to press ahead.

Her stance is supported by a number of her colleagues, including Christian MPs Miriam Cates, Nick Fletcher and Danny Kruger.

Cates, a former biology teacher, said: “We should not need to change the law to produce such guidance. In fact, schools are legally obliged to recognise and record biological sex, which is essential for safeguarding.”

She added: “This is not about parental consent or ‘being kind’: it’s about whether the state, through schools, should be able to promote a contested ideology that harms and lies to kids. Protecting children from indoctrination is surely an important foundation of democratic society.”

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