The Labour government has just announced plans to push forward with a ban on conversion therapy, apparently to protect LGBT+ people from harm. Its proposed bill is unnecessary, unwanted and unhelpful. Labour’s proposed bill is unnecessary, unwanted and unhelpful Maybe that is a fitting epitaph to Keir Starmer in the last days of his administration.

The Labour government has just announced plans to push forward with a ban on conversion therapy, apparently to protect LGBT+ people from harm. Its proposed bill is unnecessary,…

The conversion therapy ban means those convicted of trying to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity could be jailed for five years.