Girls snubbing mixed-sex toilets hit by infections

GIRLS have developed urinary tract infections by refusing to use their school's genderneutral toilets, Kemi Badenoch has said.

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The Women and Equalities minister said the schools believed they were following correct guidance but it had led to a "terrible" state of affairs.

It came as Ms Badenoch urged the public to provide examples of state bodies failing to provide single-sex spaces, amid concern that the NHS, councils and others are misinterpreting guidance.

She said: "We are looking for examples where a public institution is either issuing guidance or has a policy that is not in accordance with the Equalities Act when it comes to single-sex spaces."