UK ministers face questions over supreme court gender ruling repercussions

Labour backbenchers demand clarity on practical impact of transgender people's use of toilets and hospital wards

Ministers have come under pressure to provide answers on how last week's supreme court ruling on gender identity will affect the daily lives of transgender people, amid confusion over issues such as toilet provision and hospital wards.

Keir Starmer said he welcomed what he called real clarity" and a welcome step forward" in his first response to the court decision, which ruled that woman" in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman.