NICOLA Sturgeon has condemned the UK Government's blocking of Holyrood's gender reform legislation as a "full-frontal attack" on Scottish democracy.
Rishi Sunak's government has decided to issue a Section 35 order - a power afforded by the Scotland Act which allows Westminster to overturn devolved legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament - to stop the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Act from becoming law in Scotland.
LGBT campaigners who lobbied for the bill said the move by the UK Government was "unacceptable" and would "unlock constitutional strife".
