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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks, Kiran Stacey and Pippa Crerar

Labour’s UK and Scottish leaders try to end row over gender recognition bill

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar made claim despite apparent disagreement over minimum age people should be able to apply for a GRC. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Labour’s UK and Scottish leadership have moved to defuse conflicts over their approach to Holyrood’s gender recognition bill and Westminster government moves to block it, as individual MSPs call for Westminster colleagues to respect Holyrood’s work on transgender rights reform.

A court battle is now looming over Westminster’s decision to block the law passed by the Scottish parliament at the end of last year to introduce a self-declaration system for people who want to change gender.

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