‘Parents know best’: Esther McVey faces Tory backlash over LGBT lessons The Guardian
Tory leadership hopeful Esther McVey has come under fire from within her own party after she said it should be up to parents if they want to withdraw their primary-age children from lessons on same-sex relationships. The remarks by McVey, a former work and pensions secretary, sparked a backlash from equality campaigners and one of her own colleagues, Justine Greening, who was the first openly gay female cabinet minister. McVey told Sky News: “I believe parents know best for their children. While they’re still children – and we’re talking primary school [age] – then really the parents need t…