In May, Labour accused the Conservative leadership hopeful Esther McVey of being unfit to be an MP after she repeated her view that parents should be allowed to take primary-aged children out of lessons on same-sex relationships.
Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, said McVey’s arguments in favour of letting parents take young children out of LGBT education were ‘illegal, immoral and deeply dangerous’.
‘Esther McVey is not fit to be a candidate for PM and not fit to be an MP,’ she said. ‘We cannot and will not fail LGBT young people. Not only do we have a moral duty to ensure that all young people receive LGBT-inclusive education, there is a legal require-ment too under the Equalities Act.’
