and easierfor trans people to legally change sex, but this was blocked by the westminster government who said it could affect equalities legislation. let s get more on this now with our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. hello, nick. this has the potential of quite a long running legal battle, doesn t it? it of quite a long-running legal battle, doesn t it? of quite a long-running legal battle, doesn t it? it does, jon, i m pretty battle, doesn t it? it does, jon, i m pretty sure battle, doesn t it? it does, jon, i m pretty sure that battle, doesn t it? it does, jon, i m pretty sure that the - battle, doesn t it? it does, jon,| i m pretty sure that the scottish government will decide to challenge the process by which the uk government came to this decision, something that is known as judicial review. that could take a few weeks, it could take a few months or potentially even longer. that fundamentally, at the moment, we are in this position where the uk government has
chancellor in the last couple of minutes, he has recognised that this inflation is what he calls a nightmare for families trying to budget. the government really keen to get this figure down as many families are of course at home. thank you very much indeed, we will talk to hannah later on the significance of those numbers. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon says the row over gender recognition laws will inevitably end up in court. holyrood passed a bill which would have made it quicker and easierfor trans people to legally change sex, but this was blocked by the westminster government who said it could affect equalities legislation. let s get more on this now with our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. morning, nick. thisjust does not show any sign of resolving any time soon. ~ ., ., show any sign of resolving any time soon. a, ., i. show any sign of resolving any time soon. a, ., y., , ., soon. morning to you, sally. no, i think ou soon. morning to you, sally. no, i
19 of next year, the proposed question, should scotland be an independent country? judge just independent country? judge just in the highest civil court in the uk asked to rule on whether they can go ahead with this without the backing of westminster.- without the backing of westminster. ., , westminster. the hearing is the ti - westminster. the hearing is the ti of the westminster. the hearing is the tip of the iceberg. westminster. the hearing is the tip of the iceberg. we westminster. the hearing is the tip of the iceberg. we also - tip of the iceberg. we also have more than eight thousand pages of written material to consider. therefore, as is usual it is likely to be some months before we get our judgement. months before we get our judgement- months before we get our judgement. months before we get our udaement., , , ., judgement. just six weeks on the are judgement. just six weeks on they are about judgement. just six weeks on they are about to judgement. just six weeks
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in one direction. but hang on. i know your economic views are in a certain place, perfectly legitimately, but there might be lots of people who think, actually, do you know what? i ve been paying loads of tax, i m quite happy about the idea of a tax cut. that does give me some hope that when times are tough, actually, i m going to get a bit more of my money back. and he s taking some money off when i go to fill up at the pump. so, you know, that will be appealing to many people listening to it. there is a bit of a contrast - as well between actually some of the polling evidence i in the last 24 hours that people like the measures, - and these very bad front pages clearly that he got, and in a sense it si because he s sort of, - in the westminster world not really pleasing anyone, - because he is having to put up taxes, so the right wing papers don t like that, l and he s not really doingi what the left wing papers wanted on benefits and helping with the cost of living, so he s kind of