Labour may cancel women’s conference over trans ruling chaos
- Labour postponed its women's conference planned for September in Liverpool after the NEC voted to delay the event on Tuesday night.
- The party made this decision following a recent April Supreme Court ruling that defined 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 as referring to biological sex.
- A leaked advice paper warned the NEC of significant legal challenges, protests, and security risks if the event proceeded without restricting attendance to biological women only.
- The paper described restricting attendance as the 'only legally defensible alternative' and noted pending contractual costs related to the postponement, while Labour pledged to comply with the ruling sensitively.
- The postponement triggered criticism from trans rights advocates as an exclusion attempt and from gender-critical groups as an overreaction, highlighting internal party tensions and possible political risks ahead of the autumn conference.
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Labour postpone women's conference after Supreme Court trans ruling
Labour members have voted to postpone their women’s conference, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of “sex”. Last month, the UK’s top judges decided the legal definition of the protected characteristic of “sex” was based on “biology” and explicitly excluded trans people. Until the ruling, Labour had allowed people to self-identify as women, meaning trans women could stand for women’s officer roles and attend the annual w…
Labour party set to cancel women's conference following Supreme Court ruling
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