Changing gender is to become easier under Government plans to knock away “demeaning” rules that force people to undergo medical checks.

A demand to provide two years worth of evidence showing you have been living as the opposite sex could be scrapped after an official review was launched.

The need to undergo a medical check that sees a panel of doctors test whether you are psychologically sound could also be ended.

The drive is being launched by Justine Greening, the women and equalities minister, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the law that decriminalised homosexuality.