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'We can win it': Scottish Greens to contest Glasgow South seat for first time

THE Scottish Greens have selected a candidate to contest the Glasgow South constituency for the first time, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland)

Equalities minister pledges £300k to 'tackle division' in communities

THE Equalities Minister has pledged £300,000 to help charities “tackle division” in communities across Scotland amid rising anti-immigration…

The National (Scotland)

The Supreme Court’s sex ruling faces legal challenges – will they succeed?

“I ACTUALLY welcome the judgment because I think it gives real clarity.” Those were the words of Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

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Nicola Sturgeon Caught Pressuring Minister Over Controversial Rent Cap Removal

Nicola Sturgeon privately lobbied the Scottish Government to take a softer approach before rent controls were scrapped, only for her concerns.

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Scottish Government drops plans to criminalise misogyny and end conversion practices

THE Scottish Government has quietly dropped plans to criminalise misogyny and end conversion practices during the current parliamentary session

The National (Scotland)

Equalities watchdog under pressure to scrap new guidance on trans people using single sex spaces

Interim guidance published by the equalities watchdog risks outing trans people and breaching human rights, campaigners warn

The Independent UK

Phillipson: Trans people to be offered dignity they were ‘denied’ under Tories

The equalities minister told the Commons the Supreme Court’s judgment on the definition of a woman brings ‘clarity and confidence for women’.

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NHS has to change transwomen patient guidance as new rules loom after court ruling, says equalities watchdog

Trans men and women are ‘worried that people are coming after their right to exist’, an MSP has said following the Supreme Court’s ruling

Evening Standard

Scottish Greens renew calls to end conversion therapies

THE Scottish Greens have renewed their calls for the Scottish Government to deliver on its commitment to end conversion therapies before next…

The National (Scotland)

LGBT+ billboard campaign gives grim warning of conversion therapy ‘abuse’

An LGBT+ charity has launched a billboard campaign on Valentine’s Day warning against the harms posed by conversion therapy.

The National (Scotland)

Change visa rules to reunite families in Scotland, minister urges UK Government

Scotland’s equalities minister has called on the UK Government to change family visa rules to allow couples to be reunited in the country.

The National (Scotland)

Minister announces funding increase to tackle gender-based violence

EQUALITIES Minister Kaukab Stewart has announced an increase in funding to tackle violence against women.

The National (Scotland)

Government supports ‘single-sex exemptions’ based on biological sex – Phillipson

The equalities minister said the Government would ‘make sure that providers can continue to support single-sex exemptions’.

The Independent UK

Starmer rejects calls for Holyrood to get immigration powers

The Prime Minister spoke out on the issue during a visit to Glasgow for the Interpol general assembly.

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Fergus Ewing calls for probe into SNP activist jailed for sexual assault

FERGUS Ewing has called for an internal probe into a former SNP equalities officer after they were jailed for six years over a series of sexual…

The National (Scotland)

Former SNP equalities officer jailed for series of sexual and physical assaults

A FORMER SNP equalities officer has been jailed for six years after inflicting “unimaginable trauma” with a string of sexual and physical…

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Brexit Firebrand Farage Shakes Up UK Election Fight

Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage announced Monday he will stand at the UK general election next month, in a major U-turn that threatens to split the right-wing vote and further imperil the beleaguered ruling Conservatives.

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Scottish Government publishes proposals on conversion therapy ban

THE Scottish Government has published proposals for a ban on conversion therapy as part of a consultation.

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The Independent UK

Equalities minister apologises for delay in Bill banning conversion therapy

Campaigners have repeatedly called for a ban on conversion therapy.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak told to make formal apology to gay veterans kicked out of armed forces

In an exclusive article for the Mirror, two Labour frontbenchers called on the Prime Minister to say sorry to veterans forced out of the military for their sexuality

The Independent UK

Government accused of warm words but little action on racial inequality plan

Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch said ‘substantial progress’ had been made in the past year.

The Independent UK

Carol Vorderman ‘disgusted’ by women’s minister’s absence from menopause hearing

The former Countdown star and patron of Menopause Mandate criticised both Women’s Minister Maria Caulfield and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch.

Daily Mirror

UK Equalities Minister backs SNP's Kate Forbes' right to oppose same-sex marriage

Kemi Badenoch refuses to condemn the SNP leadership hopeful's views, which have been forged by her Christian faith and could hamper her tilt for the top job

The Independent UK

Badenoch says menopause ‘is priority area’ after calls to ‘change tack’

Kemi Badenoch defended the Government’s rejection of recommendations by the Women and Equalities Committee on menopause and the workplace.

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss appointed American as senior adviser without checking immigration status

Social Mobility commissioner Rob Anderson quit the four year post this month because his right to work in the UK runs out in January

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