KEIR Starmer has signalled that he will take direct control over Scottish Labour’s position on gender reform as it has become a “UK-wide issue”.
Speaking to the Spectator, the Labour leader was asked if he had spoken to Anas Sarwar – the leader of the party at Holyrood – about the decision to whip his MSPs to back the Gender Reform Recognition Bill.
Starmer said their “offices did”, going on: “Subsequently it has now become a UK-wide issue, not just a Scottish parliament issue.