Worked out in a consensual manner. so we ll hear later on today the full reasoning behind their decision, westminster s decision, to trigger a section 35, but nicola sturgeon, scotland s first minister, has said that this is a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and its ability to make its own decisions on devolved matters. her socialjustice secretary, shona robison, has been speaking this morning. she said on bbc radio scotland that this would simplify the process for obtaining a gender recognition certificate. it wouldn t affect the purpose or use of such a certificate and, indeed, she pointed out that there was an amendment put into the bill, but she said put beyond doubt its impact on the equality act 2010, but, of course, as is clear, alisterjack and the westminster government
This is a bold move. it s an unprecedented move. it s the first time it has been used and has been on the statute books for almost a quarter of a century. he sent a letter to nicola sturgeon, scotland s first minister, yesterday evening, setting out some of his reasoning. as you heard in that report there, he is concerned about the adverse impact of the gender recognition reform bill that was passed here at holyrood just before christmas, passed by a large majority, but he said he was concerned about the impact on gb wide equality legislation. he was concerned about the impact or potential impact on single sex clubs, associations and schools, and on protections such as equal pay and its potential chilling effect on single sex spaces. he did, however, say that there was a shared desire from both governments to protect the rights of both women and transgender people going forward and he hoped there was a way for this to be
Improving date with more sunshine develop and a scattering of showers, more especially in the north and west, turning colder, and cold are still on sunday. more details in half an hour. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. latest figures suggest the uk economy beat expectations and grew slightly in november, boosted partly by the world cup. a man is charged with the murder of elle edwards, the 26 year old who was shot dead in a merseyside pub on christmas eve. a woman is killed in a dog attack in surrey. a second woman is taken to hospital and armed police seize seven dogs. we ll have the latest from the scene. lisa marie presley the musician and only child of elvis presley dies aged 54 after suffering cardiac arrest. the prime minister and scotland s first minister met
What the scottish government calls an advisory referendum. it could say no, it does not have the power to pass a referendum bill because it is reserved for westminster. or they could say they are not saying, that the reference has been rejected. there is a slight nuance to that last option. they could give a non binding opinion, even if they reject the reference, that would be recognising the importance of this issue. i think what is interesting to say ahead of the judgment it is has only taken six weeks to reach. there were two days of arguments backin there were two days of arguments back in october that they said they had 8000 pages of legal arguments to wade through as well. so i think the speed of this ruling and decision would indicate the judges speed of this ruling and decision would indicate thejudges recognise the importance and gravity of the decision they are making and also the time in that nicola sturgeon s scotland s first minister, would, if
So the optics on that will matter with that caveat that it does not necessarily mean a solution. and then, secondly, as you mentioned, there is the discussions with nicola sturgeon, scotland s first minister, and mark drakeford, the first minister of wales, i think that matters in terms of optics as well. because it is a very public show that rishi sunak wants to do things differently from liz truss who did not speak to ms sturgeon or mr drakeford at all in her period in downing street. i think rishi sunak wants to give the impression that he is trying to come up with a collegiate approach to some of the challenges and the economy and various other things. he wants to give the impression in his words that we are all working together . however, again, although the optics do matter, ijust put that caveat on the table, that doesn t necessarily mean agreement either because i think there is a pretty big row coming with the scottish and welsh
To restore stability for the good of the country. nicola sturgeon, scotland s first minister, described this as an almighty mess. she said a general election is a democratic necessity, but she also said that an election doesn t solve the problem here in scotland. she said the democratic case for independence is growing by the hour of liz truss, she said she would at most be a footnote in history. now, we understand there was no formal communication between liz truss and nicola sturgeon. nicola sturgeon has said she will now wait until whoever is the fifth prime minister since she became first minister, she said of borisjohnson it would be ludicrous to think that he could come back to number ten. welsh tory mps have come back to their constituencies to take the temperature and probably feel a bit of heat temperature and probably feel a bit of heat. there is some public anger,
Trade unions, devolution of power, equality and effective opposition to the tories. i equality and effective opposition to the tories. i i, i, , the tories. i will come to the snp spokesperson- the tories. i will come to the snp spokesperson. today the tories. i will come to the snp spokesperson. today scotland s l the tories. i will come to the snp i spokesperson. today scotland s first minister set out spokesperson. today scotland s first minister set out an spokesperson. today scotland s first minister set out an optimistic, - minister set out an optimistic, ambitious and credible economic plan for scotland s future. a leader who spent over an hour setting out and answering questions on the positive case for in our country s independence. it s a very stark contrast to a prime minister hiding in downing street, a prime minister terrified to answerfor in downing street, a prime minister terrified to answer for the mess she has made, the mess which will cause so much harm to all of our constituents. so, mr speaker, iam going to keep this short and to the point. can the leader of the tell us exactly where on earth is the prime
To what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent for france 2a and adam payne, political editor of politics home. tomorrow s front pages starting with. the metro leads on the attack on a residential block in ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia by russian forces the paper s headline is the wrath of putin . the ft says the us treasury secretary has criticised oil producing nations for cutting output as the global energy crisis deepens. as mps return to westminster this week the i says liz truss is scrambling to save her premiership and a tory wipe out at the next general election. according to the express rebels in the party are being urged to stop plotting and show loyalty. the guardian focuses on policy and suggests another possible u turn from the prime minister this time over linking benefit rises benefit rises to inflation. the times says liz truss will try and turn on the charm with fellow mps this week. and finally the the telegraph has a picture of the scotland s
With me are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent for france 2a and adam payne, political editor of politics home. tomorrow s front pages starting with. the metro leads on the attack on a residential block in ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia by russian forces the paper s headline is the wrath of putin . the ft says the us treasury secretary has criticised oil producing nations for cutting output as the global energy crisis deepens. as mps return to westminster this week the i says liz truss is scrambling to save her premiership and a tory wipe out at the next general election. according to the express rebels in the party are being urged to stop plotting and show loyalty. the guardian focuses on policy and suggests another possible u turn from the prime minister this time over linking benefit rises benefit rises to inflation. the times says liz truss will try and turn on the charm with fellow mps this week. and finally the the telegraph has a picture of the scotland s
Of our party leader, scotland s first minister. of our party leader, scotland s first minister. first minister. so, that was ian blackford. first minister. so, that was ian blackford, scottish first minister. so, that was ian blackford, scottish politician i first minister. so, that was ian j blackford, scottish politician of course, leader of the snp, in the house of commons. we are going to be getting more on what he has said from our correspondent who is listening in for us. davis wallace lockhart is there in aberdeen, following the conference and giving us an update and of course reaction and analysis later here on bbc news. do stay with us. in the meantime, we are going to get the all important sport from gavin who is at the bbc sport centre. hello, gavin. it was a real statement of intent, from england earlier showing just why they re favourites, for this year s rugby union world cup. they thrashed fiji 84 points to 19 .