Category: Women

Supreme court urged to recognise ‘facts of biological reality’ in sex definition case

Scottish campaigners challenge ruling that found it lawful for guidance to extend definition of ‘woman’ to trans women with GRCThe supreme court has been urged to recognise “the facts of biological reality...

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Scottish sex work strategy ‘a mess’ as charity ditched after ‘occult’ claim

Scottish government drops proposed partnership with charity after backlash from violence against women sectorThe Scottish government’s strategy to support women working in the sex industry has been cast into disarray after...

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Kemi Badenoch faces backlash as Tory rivals seize on maternity pay comments

Leadership contender’s team in damage control mode after she is criticised for saying burden on business is ‘excessive’Kemi Badenoch’s campaign was in damage control mode on the first day of Conservative...

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Harrods chief steps back from Royal Ballet role over Fayed abuse allegations

Michael Ward says Harrods failed its staff as Fayed ‘presided over a toxic culture’, describing it as ‘shameful period’The managing director of Harrods has apologised and stepped back from a role with the...

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Keir Starmer says Labour can deliver change and national renewal in conference speech – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereYvette Cooper, the home secretary, has accused the Tory leadership candidates of lining up with Reform UK to undermine faith in the police.She criticised them for...

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Prison isn’t working for women, Labour says, as it unveils plans for alternatives

Shabana Mahmood tells conference she wants more help in community for offenders and fewer cases going to courtShabana Mahmood, the lord chancellor, has declared that “prison isn’t working” for women as she...

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Poor NHS maternity care in danger of becoming normalised, regulator warns

CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in...

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