US EditionLabour may cancel women’s conference over trans ruling chaos
- Labour postponed its women's conference, scheduled for September 27 in Liverpool, after the National Executive Committee voted to delay the event on Tuesday due to legal and protest risks.
- The postponement came after the Supreme Court's April decision clarified that the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 apply strictly to biological females, raising potential legal issues for the conference in its current form.
- A leaked NEC advice paper warned that holding the event under the current arrangements could lead to legal disputes and potential protests if trans women, previously permitted to self-identify for positive action initiatives, were allowed to attend, and therefore suggested delaying the conference until these measures were reassessed.
- The NEC extended terms for members of the National Labour Women's Committee until a conference can be held and plans to issue guidance restricting all-women shortlists to biological females, pledging to implement changes with sensitivity.
- The postponement drew criticism from trans rights groups condemning it as an attack on trans people and from gender-critical groups calling it a knee-jerk, incendiary reaction, highlighting internal divisions within the party.
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Labour party set to cancel women's conference following Supreme Court ruling
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Labour set to cancel women’s conference over Supreme Court transgender ruling
Labour is set to postpone its women's conference because of the risk of protests and legal challenge following the Supreme Court ruling on gender.The party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) will be asked on Tuesday to postpone the event, which is due to take place in September, because the "only legally defensible alternative" would be to restrict attendance to biological women.The NEC will also be asked to make clear that all-women sh…
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