the conservatives say they want to update equality laws to define sex as someone s biological sex. they say current confusion over definitions cannot be allowed to continue, and updating the law would make biological sex a protected characteristic. that means it would be easier to create protected spaces for women and girls. labour say they wouldn t amend the law, and accuse the conservatives of stoking a culture war. here s alex forsyth. flanked by young footballers, the prime minister claimed today he was tackling an issue to improve the safety of women and girls. the conservatives want to change the equality act so sex would mean biological sex. they say that would make it clearer that single sex spaces, from public toilets to refuges, can be for biological women and girls only, not those born male, even they have legally changed their sex on their birth certificate. the equalities minister claims this is necessary because there has been confusion and legal challenges over
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
the russian president but admired him as a political operator, and that the invasion of ukraine was a consequence of western expansion. the reform uk leader said he had predicted the war ten years ago. i stood up in the european parliament in 2014 and i said, and i quote, there will be a war in ukraine. why did i say that? it was obvious to me that the ever eastward expansion of nato and the european union was giving this man a reason, to his russian people, to say they re coming for us again, and to go to war. home secretary james cleverly accused him of echoing putin s vile justification for the invasion, and there was criticism too from labour. the only aggressor in ukraine is vladimir putin, and it is shocking that nigel farage chooses to align himself with putin. he s become a putin apologist. mr farage said last night that putin was wrong to invade, the eu was wrong to expand eastwards, and the sooner we realise this, the closer we will be to ending the war and del
that will not just ones i saw in barrow in furness. that will notjust keep us safe but will also support good jobs and growth across the uk. the will also support good obs and growth across the uk. the liberal democrats growth across the uk. the liberal democrats called growth across the uk. the liberal democrats called for growth across the uk. the liberal democrats called for new - growth across the uk. the liberal. democrats called for new protections for rovers and coastlines to end what they call environmental vandalism. leaders announced marine protected areas and a new blue flag status in its manifesto. deputy leader has been campaigning in henley on thames. leader has been campaigning in henley on thames. leader has been campaigning in henle on thames. ., , , ., henley on thames. there has been an environmental henley on thames. there has been an environmental catastrophe. henley on thames. there has been an environmental catastrophe. the - environmental catastrophe
the liberal democrats have called for new protections for rivers and coastlines, to end what they call environmental vandalism . the party has announced an expansion of marine protected areas and a new blue flag status for rivers, which will be included in its general election manifesto. the lib dems deputy leader daisy cooper has been campaining in henley on thames in oxfordshire. the fact is that there s been this absolute environmental catastrophe of raw sewage being pumped into our rivers and streams for far too long now. liberal democrats have been at the forefront of trying to call for an end to water sewage dumping for the last three years. we put out lots of incredibly bold proposals to tax the sewage companies so they can pay for the clear up. we ve called for an end to sewage dumping, and today we are calling for blue flag status. we ve had blue flag status for many of our beaches around the country, which is a guarantee to people that it s a safe place to swim. we think th