be allowed to persist. labour has been focused on defence with keir starmer reaffirming his commitment to the uk nuclear deterrent. he said protecting the nation would be the bedrock of a future labour government. the lib dems deputy daisy group has outlined the snp leaderjohn swinney has called for a respectful contest ahead of the scottish leader s first television debate of the campaign that gets under way tonight. here is our political correspondent. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise that sex, in the law, means biological sex. it always has done but th
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Your voice and your vote. the time isjust your voice and your vote. the time is just after 230. your voice and your vote. the time isjust after 230. here your voice and your vote. the time is just after 230. here are the headlines. rishi sunak is a second evidence would rewrite the law on gender and six if elected, claiming it is necessary to protect women and girls. sir keir starmer calls labour the party of national security and insists he is committed to britain s nuclear deterrent. hm revenue and customs says it is urgently working to resolve an issue that has left around half a million people without their child benefit payment. the royal college of nursing says that there is a national emergency in the nhs and once patients are dying in hospital corridors. the bbc has learned a waste company linked to a controversial £200,000 donation to the first minister of wales was under criminal investigation at the time of the donation. vaughan gething was given the cash during a successfu
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