United Kingdom

Liz Truss “hates” her own plan to ban anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy, the director of her leadership election campaign suggested last night.

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith strongly hinted that Truss plans to U-turn on the ban, one of her flagship policies as minister for equalities, while standing in for her at an event hosted by the Conservative Christian Fellowship (CCF) on Tuesday evening. If confirmed, it would be the third major about-face of her campaign.

Asked about the Truss campaign’s policy on the conversion therapy ban, Duncan Smith said: “I hate it. Can I be clear about that? I think when you start banning things like this you enter a maze of problems. And I absolutely believe that Liz is very much there.”