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Kemi Badenoch calls for a Margaret Thatcher statue outside Parliament

A statue of Margaret Thatcher should stand alongside the sculptures of Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square, according to Kemi Badenoch. The...

Trans former judge plans to challenge gender ruling at European court

Trans former judge plans to challenge gender ruling at European court59 minutes agoDominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent•@BBCDomCAvalonThe UK's only ever judge to publicly say they are...

SNP civil war erupts as Nicola Sturgeon savaged in trans row

Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney have been savaged by members of their own party after a landmark Supreme Court ruling on transgender people. Falkirk East MSP Michelle Thomson broke ranks to demand...

Jess Phillips complains grooming gang inquiry fury hasn't been easy on her

Labour minister Jess Phillips has complained to MPs that her decision to reject an independent national inquiry into rape gangs has taken a toll on her personally. Speaking in the House of Commons on...

Keir Starmer's cowardice is in unholy alliance with two-tier policing for perfect storm

It is almost unbelievable that we are even having this debate. Yet here we are — people taking to the streets to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is, in fact, a biological woman....

School uniforms to change for four million pupils under plans

School uniforms to change for four million pupils under plans36 minutes agoKate McGoughEducation producerElaine DunkleyEducation correspondent•@bbcelaineKate McGough / BBCPlanned changes to school...

Greens call for single-sex guidance to be withdrawn

Greens call for single-sex guidance to be withdrawn1 hour agoBecky MortonPolitical reporterInterim guidance on single-sex spaces is "ill-considered and impractical" and should be withdrawn, the Green...

Father Ted creator charged with criminal damage and harassment as he issues statement

Graham Linehan, who co-created the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, has been charged with criminal damage and harassment. The Irish comedy writer, 56, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on...

Trans people should be given alternative facilities to use, watchdog says

Equality watchdog issues interim guidance on single-sex spaces21 minutes agoDamian GrammaticasPolitical correspondentGetty ImagesThe Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released interim...

Equality watchdog issues interim guidance on single-sex spaces

Equality watchdog issues interim guidance on single-sex spaces3 hours agoDamian GrammaticasPolitical correspondentGetty ImagesThe Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released interim...

New law in EU travel destination could lead to £420 fine warns Foreign Office

Hungary has introduced new legislation banning LGBT+ rallies and marches that might be attended by children. The move could impact iconic tourist attractions like Budapest Pride. The Foreign Office...

This climate change stinker is biggest confirmation yet that Labour has lost plot

How utterly bonkers has the UK Government become? They’re about to throw £50 million of taxpayers’ money at experiments to dim the Sun — yes, you read that right — to fight climate change....

One of UK’s biggest charities to close another shop as it shuts 77 across Britain

A major UK charity has announced the closure of another shop as it shuts almost 80 across the country. Scope, a national disability equality charity, revealed in January that it was struggling...

Ex-Labour MP Rosie Duffield says Keir Starmer looked at her 'like an alien' over trans row

Former Labour MP Rosie Duffield has said Sir Keir Starmer “looked at me like I was an alien” when she tried to explain her concern that women’s rights were being eroded. She said she could...

J.K. Rowling dealt fresh blow as Pedro Pascal calls her 'heinous loser' over trans views

Game of Thrones actor Pedro Pascal has slammed Harry Potter author JK Rowling over her transgender views. The major dig comes after the Supreme Court has ruled that "woman" in UK law refers to...