Revealed: UK schools banning LGBT+ books

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UK schools [are banning LGBT+ books](~/AAAHagA~/RgRopWzGP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbmV3cy91ay9ob21lLW5ld3MvbGdidC1ib29rcy1iYW4tdWstc2Nob29scy1saWJyYXJ5LWIyNTk2Mzc0Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWFqOWE2NmFxM3ZxZFcFc3BjZXVCCma8xufCZsLZXG9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) after complaints from parents, as a senior Labour official warned the party is [incapable of effectively tackling racism](~/AAAHagA~/RgRopWzGP0R4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbmV3cy91ay9wb2xpdGljcy9taXNoLXJhaG1hbi1sYWJvdXItbmVjLXJhY2lzbS1pc2xhbW9waG9iaWEtYjI1OTMzNzkuaHRtbD9saWQ9bzdreDNjZDJ3Y2g3VwVzcGNldUIKZrzG58Jmwtlcb1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) and Islamophobia, and a Foreign Office official [resigned over the war in 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