In a rare show of cross-party unity, Shadow Equalities Minister Dawn Butler said it was «the next important step to making discrimination in sport a thing of the past».
Failing to tackle homophobia in sport could be leading to a drain in talent, a Tory MP has warned, amid accusations football had taken a “reactionary and quite frankly homophobic” attitude to the problem.
The Tory leadership contender set up a school exchange programme with a centre co-run by a group whose founder condemned homosexuality as “counterfeit love” and “a sin”.
A historic, landmark legal challenge against the UK government has begun in the High Court in London. It seeks to overturn the legislative ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships.
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