David Cameron has issued an extraordinary apology on behalf of the Conservative Party for legislation banning the promotion of homosexuality in schools.

He said the party had ‘got it wrong’ when it introduced Section 28 in the late 1980s.

It is one of a series of apologies Mr Cameron has made for his party’s actions in government.

The Scots received one in 2006 for having the poll tax imposed on them a year before it was introduced in England.

The Tory leader’s latest remarks, during an appearance at a Gay Pride event, were attacked last night by traditionalists on the Right of his party.