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A trial into puberty blockers for trans young people will go ahead despite opposition, the health secretary has said.

Wes Streeting banned the drug as a form of gender-affirming healthcare in England and Wales last year, citing safety risk concerns.

Now a £10million trial will assess the benefits and risks of the medication for trans youngsters.

Amid criticism from the Conservative Party, Streeting told BBC Radio 4’s Today this morning that the trial will be going ahead.

He said: ‘I’ve tried to do my best to take politics out of this entirely and to resist political pressure, wherever it is coming from, to do anything other than to listen to our country’s best scient

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