Equalities watchdog submits formal guidance after UK supreme court transgender ruling

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Equalities watchdog submits formal guidance after UK supreme court transgender ruling

Bridget Phillipson faces choice over document from EHRC, whose chair says it remains ‘difficult’ to shape policies

The equalities watchdog has submitted its formal guidance about how institutions should respond to the landmark supreme court ruling on transgender people’s rights, with its chair admitting it would be “difficult” for many to shape workable policies.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has handed its formal guidance to Bridget Phillipson, the minister for women and equalities as well as the education secretary, who must now decide whether to accept it.

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