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Government to review sex education amid concerns about ‘inappropriate’ lessons

It comes after a Conservative MP said pupils were being subjected to ‘extreme, sexualising and inaccurate’ content in class.

The Independent UK

Labour vows to hand ‘weak’ Rishi Sunak first defeat over Online Safety Bill

Exclusive: PM failed to ‘read the room’ over criminal penalities for social media giants, says shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell – as Labour plans to vote with Tory rebels

The Independent UK

Keegan calls for ‘big dose of transparency’ when teaching contested issues

Gillian Keegan says, ‘common sense’ is needed when it comes to sharing classroom materials and deciding what is ‘age appropriate’.

The Independent UK

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The full list of MPs calling for Liz Truss to resign

A dozen Conservative MPs have said the Prime Minister should quit.

The Independent UK

PM appears to back call for police investigation of transgender charity Mermaids

Liz Truss was asked about recent allegations about the charity which supports transgender, non-binary and gender diverse children and their families.

The Independent UK

Tory culture warriors at conference battle for the soul of the party

Party members, who have strong views on issues such as free speech, are trying to reshape Conservative ideology in their own image

The Guardian - UK

The Northern Agenda: Road and rail links struggle in the great Northern meltdown

As temperatures reach 40C the Transport Secretary admits our infrastructure can't cope

Manchester Evening News

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'Horrendous' sex education classes for young pupils to be investigated by children's tsar

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza expressed alarm after a Tory MP told her of concerns from constituents, including a 9-year-old who had been taught about rape

Daily Mirror

Children’s commissioner shocked by ‘horrendous’ sex education materials

Dame Rachel de Souza said she would be looking into the teaching of relationships and sex education in schools.

The Independent UK

Tory MP criticises ‘extreme’ sex education material in schools

Miriam Cates says Government guidance has unwittingly ‘opened the floodgates’ to extreme materials.

The Independent UK

SNP MP hits back at Tory claim non-binary people are more likely to be autistic

The exchange came as MPs debated a petition which called for non-binary people to be given legal status in the UK

The National (Scotland)

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