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Ash Regan resigns to vote against bill with Nicola Sturgeon accusing her of failing to raise concerns earlier A Scottish government minister has resigned ahead of a Holyrood debate on a new law to streamline how transgender people can change their legal sex, understood to be the first time a serving minister has stood down over a matter of conscience since the founding of the Scottish parliament. The community safety minister, Ash Regan, resigned in order to vote against the government’s bill, prompting Nicola Sturgeon to accuse her of failing to raise her concerns with colleagues. Continue reading… ​Ash Regan…

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Comedian, seeking to be next Labour MP for Sheffield Central, would not stand on such list as ‘I’m gender fluid’ Eddie Izzard has said she would not try to be selected as an MP using an all-women shortlist for the Labour party, and “isn’t sure” that transgender women should be allowed to run on them. Izzard, 60, who became famous as a cross-dressing comedian and now identifies as a gender-fluid trans woman, has made the longlist of the open contest to become Labour’s candidate for the safe seat of Sheffield Central in the next general election. Continue reading… ​Comedian, seeking…

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Study says deployment of technology in public by Met and South Wales police failed to meet standards Police should be banned from using live facial recognition technology in all public spaces because they are breaking ethical standards and human rights laws, a study has concluded. LFR involves linking cameras to databases containing photos of people. Images from the cameras can then be checked against those photos to see if they match. Continue reading… ​Study says deployment of technology in public by Met and South Wales police failed to meet standardsPolice should be banned from using live facial recognition technology in…

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