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Toilet access depends on biological sex, watchdog says

28/04/2025

The equalities watchdog has issued interim guidance for public bodies outlining the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a ‘woman’.

Government told to ‘spend a penny’ on public toilets

10/02/2025

Campaigners have launched a new campaign to encourage the Government to invest in the delivery of public toilets.

Age UK London calls for immediate action on toilet provision

16/01/2025

London boroughs, the Mayor’s Office, Transport for London and the Government have been urged to improve public toilet provision in the capital.

Clampdown on gender neutral toilets launched

14/08/2023

All new public buildings will be required to have single-sex male and female toilets, the Government announced on Sunday.

Time to talk toilets

08/08/2023

John McGeachy, senior campaign manager at Age UK London, outlines why public toilets are an important consideration for council teams.

Council declares ‘pee-back time’

15/12/2022

Westminster City Council is cracking down on revellers who use Soho’s streets as a public urinal.

Minister confirms over 500 new accessible toilets to be built

24/03/2022

Funding announced in yesterday’s Spring Statement will help provide over 500 new Changing Places Toilets in England, ministerial disability champion confirms.

Councils urged to invest in public toilets

30/11/2021

The majority of UK adults want more investment from local councils to ensure that public toilets are clean and safe, a new survey has revealed.

Closure of public toilets ‘threat to health’, warns report

23/05/2019

The decline in public toilets is a threat to health, mobility, and equality, according to a public health body.

Accessible toilets to be compulsory in new public buildings

13/05/2019

The Government has published proposals to make toilets that are accessible for disabled people compulsory in all new or refurbished public buildings.

Ensuring a hygienic washroom experience for women

13/02/2019

Sian Walkling outlines the considerations that councils should make when it comes to sanitary hygiene.

London mayor calls for more gender-neutral toilets

29/11/2017

The mayor of London has called for the provision of more gender-neutral toilets to help trans and non-binary people ‘feel more comfortable’.

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