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Voters are picking new MPs in the constituencies of Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and Ainsty

The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, has confirmed that the controversial guidance to schools on trans pupils will now be delayed.

Rishi Sunak had promised the guidance would be published before the end of the school year but it has been beset by ministerial in-fighting and legal wrangles.

It is vital that the guidance we publish gives clarity for schools and colleges and reassurance for parents. So, we have made the decision to allow more time - to speak to teachers, parents, lawyers and other stakeholders - in order to ensure this guidance meets the high expectations that these groups rightly have for it.

We have been clear from the start that this legislation threatens to undermine the rule of law and access to justice.

Whilst the act will soon come into force on paper, it will be unworkable in practice because it doesn't provide solutions to the asylum backlog, and there isn't capacity in the legal aid sector to provide the immigration advice needed.