for trans people to change gender, but uk ministers say it would have a significant impact on equality laws. we can speak now to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. lorna, how significant is this intervention? it really is a major intervention. westminster has successfully challenged legislation passed by hollywood before on the basis that msps exceeded their powers. this is the first time they are blocking a law passed in holyrood on the basis they believe it will have a negative impact on uk law. it is worth looking at the letter that alister jack, rishi sunak s man in scotland, sent to the first minister, nicola sturgeon, yesterday, informing her he would trigger a section 35, the first time that has been used in the nearly quarter of a century it has been on the statute books. he said
action. they did not reach the artificial threshold the government has imposed. that is the law. it is a law the government brought in. tony blair in 97 said we had the most restrictive union laws in the western world. they have got more restrictive since then. the result my union got is astonishing. the biggest union results since the threshold came in. the other unions had good results, but slightly missed the threshold. people need to understand the reason the government keeps making union laws stricter is it wants to reduce the amount of money, their share of national product that goes in wages. they are content with the increase in share going to profits and that is the result of them attacking unions in this way. result of them attacking unions in this wa . . .. result of them attacking unions in this wa . ., ,, ,., it is almost seven o clock. time for the news, travel and weather where you are.
the british government is to block scotland s gender recognition bill, arguing it would have a negative impact on uk law. we will talk about that in a moment. one of the world s most wanted criminals the mafia boss matteo messina denaro has been arrested in sicily after 30 years on the run. and as the world s political and business elite decend on davos, a new report calls for a clampdown on the super rich. in the last couple of hours, we have heard news that the uk government has decided to block scotland s gender recognition reform act from becoming law. it is the first time a scottish bill has been stopped on the basis that the uk government believes it will have a negative impact on uk law. scotland s first minister had said such a move by the uk would be an outrage . let s get more from our lgbt and identity correspondent, lauren moss, who explained
from becoming law. it is the first time a scottish bill has been stopped on the basis that the uk government believes it will have a negative impact on uk law. ina in a moment we will speak to chris mason but first more on the background to the story from lauren maas. ~ ., , ., ., maas. well to remind you what the uender maas. well to remind you what the gender recognition maas. well to remind you what the gender recognition perform - maas. well to remind you what the gender recognition perform bill- maas. well to remind you what the gender recognition perform bill is, | gender recognition perform bill is, it was passed by the scottish parliament last month and will make it easierfor parliament last month and will make it easier for people who live in scotland or are born in scotland to change their legal six as listed on their birth, marriage or death certificate. so the bill would remove a need for medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, the sense of unease that someone would experi
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