Earlier this month, Crawley Borough Council voted to ask the Government to postpone the local elections that were due to take place in May 2026. While the final decision now rests with ministers, the council’s request places Crawley alongside several other councils across East and West Sussex that are seeking similar delays. The move follows an invitation from the government to councils involved in Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) to request election postponements if hol

Today, along with over 80 partner organisations, we are writing to MPs across the UK calling for robust Parliamentary scrutiny of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) forthcoming Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations.   If Bridget Phillipson, Minister for Women and Equalities, does not make provision for a debate, this new Code — a likely bathroom ban — will come into effect automatically, without any democratic debate or a vote in Parli

On the 16th April 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act of 2010 did not include Transgender Women who hold a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). This was then followed up by Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said the judgement meant only biological (cis-gendered women) women could use single-sex spaces such as changing rooms and toilets. Within this ruling, the court asserted that this wou

On the 19th December, the government published its draft guidance on how schools can support pupils questioning their gender identity. The guidance underlines that serving the interests of the pupil questioning their gender may come into conflict with the interests of the wider school community. It further states that when there is a perceived conflict, a school should refuse any request for a change. This includes using a pupil’s preferred pronouns or being flexible with sch