pledged to tackle the confusion over the legal definition of sex by amending the equality act if they win the election. the conservatives announced this morning they d make biological sex a protected characteristic, making it easier for some organisations to prevent transgender women from using female only spaces. the leaders of the four parties in scotland which took seats at the last election have been holding a televised debate. it s being broadcast on stv and here s a taste of the opening statements. i want the next five years to all about delivering action on the issues that really matter to you creating good jobs, cutting tax, reducing nhs waiting lists, fixing our roads, investing in schools. we ve listened, and we know these are your top priorities. i know families are struggling because of the cost of living crisis, and i know so many families are worried about loved ones who can t get treatment because of the crisis in our nhs. that s why a labour government w
plumbing a number of responses from the scottish national party in this topic has arisen again and genuine anger that there was interference with the powers of parliament and an open statement that the issue would be reserved but wanted to the camp of the higher echelons of the snp just hope this would all go away and die down to some extent, it is not a good topic them. the minister the conservatives sent out to bat on the equality issue today was the trade secretary kemi badenoch, who has also been the ministerfor women and equalities. i should say she has long campaigned on the issue of single sex spaces, but it was her first major broadcast appearances of this election campaign. there have been rumours that she and the other leadership rival penny mordaunt have been kept out of view. nonsense, says number 10, but inevitably when she appeared this afternoon on politics live, she was asked about it. there s no vacancy, but this is one of the that i have had, even as a secretary of st
restructure. investment bank, with significant restructure- restructure. chris, thanks for “oininu restructure. chris, thanks for joining us- restructure. chris, thanks for joining us- we restructure. chris, thanks for joining us. we are restructure. chris, thanks for joining us. we are out - restructure. chris, thanks for joining us. we are out of- restructure. chris, thanks for i joining us. we are out of time. don t forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i m @marklobel you re watching bbc news. in the past few minutes, the snp leader humza yousaf has appointed his cabinet after having been formally sworn in as the first minister of scotland earlier today. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenziejoins me now. yesterday we had a departure of his principal leadership rival, and presumably he will be hoping that today s announcements will take away from some of the bad feeling that was left by that decision? rural
team is taking shape. in, shona robison, promoted to deputy first minister. 0ut, controversially, kate forbes, the leadership rival of humza yousaf who declined what would have been a painful demotion to the post of rural affairs secretary a reminder that reuniting the snp will be hard. governing isn t easy either. you don t need to go far to figure that out. this is another side of edinburgh. if you were the first minister, what would you be doing for the country for people who live around here? need a break from the cost of living crisis, i would think, primarily. is that the biggest issue? yeah, for me, it is. what should he do? cut down the tax. the tax is really crazy. and try to fix some cost of living, and make life easy for people in scotland.