Wilson is said to have claimed that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. Not for the civil servants tasked with producing guidance for schools attempting to support gender-questioning children. On Thursday, seven years after the government first promised statutory advice, we got another draft document for consultation.

The delay might not be so egregious were it not for the fact that the last consultation on this issue opened in December 2023 (and closed in March 2024 without a whisper from officials about next steps). Since then, teachers have been navigating the safeguarding issues raised in the Cass Review without any legal direction. 

The delay might not be so egregious were it not for the fact that the last consultation on this issue opened in December 2023

Policy Exchange’s famous report, Asleep at the Wheel, which revealed that fundamental safeguarding principles have been compromised in service of gender ideology, was published almost three years ago. It is impossible for any minister to claim ignorance of the scale of the problem and yet all we have seen heel dragging and stakeholder........

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