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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Scottish court rules UK government veto of gender recognition bill was lawful

Transgender rights protester holding a sign in Glasgow saying 'Trans people make Scotland'
A transgender rights protester in Glasgow earlier this year. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Downing Street’s unprecedented veto of Holyrood’s contentious gender recognition reform bill was lawful, Scotland’s highest court has ruled.

The bill, which was passed by a cross-party majority in the Holyrood parliament last December, would have made Scotland the first country in the UK to introduce a self-identification system for people who want to change their legally recognised sex.

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