Labour accused of ‘silencing’ women in row over sex-based rights group

Party denies gender-critical' group's claims that refusal of a conference stand was a political judgment'

A Labour frontbencher is among a group of MPs and peers calling on the party to reconsider its decision not to hand a presence at its conference to a group campaigning for sex-based rights.

A debate continues to rage within Labour over what approach the party should take on gender issues. Boris Johnson also sought to inflame the issue by suggesting that Labour leader Keir Starmer struggled to define what a woman was".