Government to fast-track ban on shared mixed-sex toilets in new buildings

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Amendments to building regulations to require either single-sex shared toilets or private mixed-sex toilets

The government is to fast-track amendments to building regulations to ban shared mixed-sex toilets in all new non-domestic public and private buildings.

New regulations and guidance in England will require either separate single-sex shared toilets for men and women or private single-occupant mixed-sex toilets as a minimum.

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