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Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling

Reporter USApril 17, 2025

New guidance for public bodies on single-sex spaces will be issued, after the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says it is “working at pace” to provide an updated code of conduct for services, including the NHS and prisons. […]

UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The UK government has brought in a temporary ban on holidaymakers bringing in cheese and meat products from the EU in a bid to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. Travellers have not been allowed to bring back items such as cured meat and cheese, including in […]

EU names seven countries as safe in plan to speed up migrant returns

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

The European Union has identified seven countries it considers safe countries of origin, as part of proposals to speed up asylum applications, especially from those countries involved. Citizens from Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia would all have their claims fast-tracked within three months on the assumption that they were likely to fail. […]

Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

Watch Lord Hodge give Supreme Court ruling Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. It marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle which could have major implications for how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales. The court sided with […]

Westminster’s tortuous battle with the gender question

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

Ben Wright Political correspondent Brian Wheeler Political reporter Getty Images What is a woman? In recent years it is a question that has caused political punch-ups, party splits and despatch box spats. A complex, emotionally-charged and fiercely contested argument around gender, trans rights and women’s sex-based rights has often left politicians at Westminster floundering to […]

What does Supreme Court definition of a woman ruling mean?

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

Phil Sim BBC Scotland political correspondent PA Media Women’s campaigners open a bottle of champagne outside the Supreme Court The UK Supreme Court has unanimously and unambiguously backed the argument that the definition of a woman in the Equality Act should be based on biological sex. Reading out the ruling, Lord Hodge cautioned that it […]

UK and France in talks over migrant returns deal

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

The UK government is in negotiations with France on a scheme to return illegal migrants who have crossed the Channel in small boats. In return, the British government would accept legal migrants seeking family reunion in the UK. The French interior ministry told the BBC this would be a pilot scheme based on “a one-for-one […]

Peerage for ex-MP criticised by Tory MP over tell-all book

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

Ewan Murrie Westminster correspondent, BBC Wales News Gemma Dillon Political reporter, West Yorkshire, BBC News Getty Images Simon Hart was named in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours Questions have been raised about why a former Welsh secretary was given a peerage despite writing a tell-all book about his time as the Conservative government’s chief whip. Simon […]

More negotiations in Birmingham bin dispute

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

More negotiations between Birmingham City Council and the Unite union are expected to take place, as the strike by bin workers continues. On Monday, union members rejected the authority’s latest pay offer, nearly five weeks after hundreds began all-out action. Unite has said the offer was “totally inadequate” and did not address potential pay cuts […]

UK inflation falls as price of petrol drops

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

Faarea Masud BBC Business reporter Getty Images Falling petrol prices drove UK inflation down by more than expected in the year to March. Inflation was 2.6%, down from a rate of 2.8% in February, according to official data. But the fall may only be temporary as analysts say it’s expected to spike from April as […]

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