Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April

Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with utmost regret and sadness' after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman

The Women's Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.

Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women's Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the utmost regret and sadness", adding it had no choice" but to exclude trans women from its membership.