Kemi Badenoch claims Stonewall has been taken over by ‘leftist’ ideas

Equalities minister says LGBTQ+ charity overreached' and more extreme ideas' about trans rights have been defeated

Kemi Badenoch has launched an attack on the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, describing it as an example of an organisation taken over by leftist" ideas.

Speaking on stage at an international gathering of conservatives, the business secretary and minister for women and equalities, agreed with the suggestion that the more extreme ideas" about the rights of trans people had been defeated.