Head of Scottish party Anas Sarwar says there is no disagreement with Keir Starmer over transgender rights reform

Labour’s UK and Scottish leadership have moved to defuse conflicts over their approach to Holyrood’s gender recognition bill and Westminster government moves to block it, as individual MSPs call for Westminster colleagues to respect Holyrood’s work on transgender rights reform.

A court battle is now looming over Westminster’s decision to block the law passed by the Scottish parliament at the end of last year to introduce a self-declaration system for people who want to change gender.

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