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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nadeem Badshah

Starmer accuses Sunak of using trans issues as ‘political football’

Starmer and Sunak at Wednesday night’s BBC debate
Starmer and Sunak at Wednesday night’s BBC debate. Photograph: BBC/Getty Images

Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of using transgender issues “as a political football to divide people” during their head-to-head debate on Wednesday.

The pair clashed in response to a question about whether they would protect women’s rights to single-sex spaces, regardless of whether people have a gender recognition certificate.

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