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The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

What is the updated EHRC code of practice about and how does it apply?

There is especial interest in latest revision by equalities watchdog as it includes guidance on single-sex spaces Single sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

Domestic abuse law fails to recognise danger of tech abuse, Lords committee told

Policy adviser Jen Reed says tech-facilitated abuse has become ‘increasingly prevalent’ and calls for its inclusion in Domestic Abuse Act The Domestic Abuse Act fails to fully recognise the danger of technology-facilitated abuse, such as location tracking or hidden stalkerware, a Lords select committee has heard. Tech abuse has become “increasingly prevalent” and “very commonplace now within a domestic abuse context,” said Jen Reed, the head of policy at University College London’s Gender and Te

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The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

Single sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC

Updated code of practice covering England, Wales and Scotland also relates to changing rooms and follows supreme court ruling Single-sex toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland must exclude transgender men and women, according to a new code of practice from the equalities watchdog. But the long-awaited guidance also says that businesses and service providers have to offer practical alternatives such as gender-neutral toilets for people who do not wish to use services for their

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BBC Politics21 May 2026

Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms

The guidance was published on Thursday following the landmark Supreme Court ruling last year.

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Sky News Politics21 May 2026

Government publishes single-sex spaces guidance - as MP criticises 'damaging' year-long wait

The government has published its long-awaited guidance on how the Equality Act should be implemented in relation to single-sex spaces.

The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

Senior civil servants to get bonuses for first time to reward ‘doers, not talkers’

Senior staff will get 2.5% pay rise with bonuses for highest performers in plan to ‘rewire’ civil service Senior civil servants will get bonuses for exceptional performance for the first time under a new system that Darren Jones, the Cabinet Office minister, said would reward the “doers, not the talkers”. Jones, who is also chief secretary to the prime minister, said most civil servants would get a 3.5% pay rise, but senior staff would have a base increase of 2.5%, with 1% held back for bonuses

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BBC Politics21 May 2026

Five held in Tameside election fraud investigation

Four men and a woman, aged between 23 and 47, were held at addresses in Tameside earlier, police say.

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The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals

Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bind The Labour party has seemed to inhabit three parallel worlds over the past fortnight. There is a prime minister celebrating good news on the economy and lower migration figures and breezily insisting he will fight the next election, but with his party intent on deposing him. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics21 May 2026

Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms

The guidance was published on Thursday following the landmark Supreme Court ruling last year.

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The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

Diplomat who abruptly left Washington embassy was honoured by the king

Charles conferred LVO after his US visit on James Roscoe who had been standing in for Peter Mandelson A top diplomat who abruptly left his post at the British embassy in Washington earlier this week after standing in as interim ambassador for Peter Mandelson has been honoured by King Charles. No reason has yet been given for James Roscoe’s departure. An investigation is now under way into the leak of discussions at a meeting of the UK’s national security council. Continue reading...

The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

The Guardian view on the Mountbatten-Windsor papers: they expose the collapse of Britain’s 'good chap' state | Editorial

New papers matter less for royal gossip than for what they reveal about the UK’s fragile constitutional culture of trust, prestige and informal power The most shocking revelation in files released on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as Britain’s trade envoy isn’t that he loves golf or prefers ballet over theatre. It is that no one asked the obvious question: how risky would it be for a headline-grabbing prince with no business experience to front the UK’s commercial diplomacy without for

BBC Politics21 May 2026

Ministers want new voting system in place for possible Manchester mayor race

The switch from First Past The Post to the Supplementary Vote had been expected to come into force by May 2027.