I was wrong to say all trans women are women, Labour's Wes Streeting tells Never Mind The Ballots
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Wes Streeting has slammed the "scandalous" way children questioning their gender have been treated by the NHS. The Shadow Health Secretary has backed a landmark new report which found teens suffered irreversible changes based on weak evidence. Appearing on The Sun's new brilliant politics show Never Mind the Ballots, he also put on notice NHS trusts who said they won't cooperate with the recommendations. Never Mind the Ballots will air tonight at 7pm on The Sun's YouTube channel and thesun.co.uk. Dr Hilary Cass’s four-year review published today found children have been let down by a lack of research and evidence on the use of puberty blockers and hormones. Mr Streeting told our Political Editor Harry Cole he backs the "thorough" and "thoughtful" report. Continue reading... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27227826/nhs-treatment-kids-questioning-gender-wes-streeting/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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