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- Gwent Police withdrew its policy allowing trans staff to use facilities matching their gender after a legal threat.
- The threat came from a gender-critical campaign group, prompting the reversal.
- The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new code now requires councils to provide gender-neutral spaces.
- Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson said councils must comply with the new EHRC guidance.
- Leaders of six London boroughs called the code harmful to trans rights.
