Bridget Phillipson: Kemi Badenoch has ‘no interest in supporting LGBT+ people’

Politics The Guardian By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent 11 Nov 2026 17:26 1 min read
Bridget Phillipson: Kemi Badenoch has ‘no interest in supporting LGBT+ people’

Exclusive: Equalities minister says Tories are ‘chasing Reform into the gutter’ as they drop support for planned law to ban ‘conversion therapy’ Kemi Badenoch has “no interest in supporting LGBT+ people” or promoting tolerance more widely, a government minister has said, after the Conservatives dropped support for a planned law to ban so-called “conversion therapy”. The comments by Bridget Phillipson, the equalities minister, come after the Tories removed their previous backing for a law targeti

The comments by Bridget Phillipson, the equalities minister, come after the Tories removed their previous backing for a law targeting abusive practices that aim to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

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