Conversion therapy: Government plans for ban scrapped

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The government says it will be looking at how to use existing law and 'non-legislative measures'.

Plans to ban so-called conversion therapy in England and Wales have been abandoned by the government.

And Liberal Democrat equalities spokesperson Wera Hobhouse MP said it was "giving the green light to a form of torture in the UK".The mood music amongst the LGBT+ community is one of shock, but not necessarily surprise.

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