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A senior Labour MP has refused to commit to giving compensation to women born in the 1950s affected by changes to the state pension age.

Labour will not allow self-identification for trans people if it wins the next general election despite the policy being supported by its MSPs.

Keir Starmer is under pressure to sack a Labour shadow minister after he defied an order not to joine a rail strike picket line.

Boris Johnson was accused of being a “threat to national security” following reports he was at a Tory party fundraising event on the night Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has sparked backlash on social media after hitting out at Chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds, over her party's definition of a woman on International Women's Day.Taking to Twitter, the best-selling author, 56, claimed that the Labour MP, 43, was delivering mixed messages over the definition following her appearance on BBC's Woman's Hour on the same day.In view of her 13.9 million followers, Rowling fired back at a video Labour MP Anneliese Dodds tweeted on International Women's Day.The author wrote: "This morning you told the British public you literally can't define what a woman is."What's the plan, lift up random objects until you find one that rattles?"In the clip, the Labour MP "celebrated the victories women have won in the fight for equality" before promising to "lift women up".She captioned the post: "Labour will lift women up, not hold them back."Because we are the party of equality. #IWD2022"Rowling's tweet came as the Chair of the Labour Party appeared on BBC's Women's Hour on Tuesday.The politician spoke to host Emma Barnett about what "Labour's definition of a woman" is.Dodds said: "Well, I have to say that there are different definitions legally around what a woman actually is."I mean, you look at the definition within the Equality Act, and I think it just says someone who is adult and female, I think, but then doesn’t see how you define either of those things."I mean, obviously, that’s then you’ve got the biological definition, legal definition."As the BBC host pushed her to provide more clarity on the definition, Doods replied: "Oh, I think with respect, Emma, I think it does depend what the context is surely.

JK Rowling irked social media users when she slammed a Labour MP after they struggled to be pinned down on the definition of a woman. The Harry Potter author has been criticised for her comments about the trans community in the past, and didn’t hold back on International Women’s Day. Labour’s Shadow Equalities Minister Anneliese Dodds appeared on the BBC’s Woman’s Hour on Tuesday, where she was quizzed by Emma Barnett on ‘Labour’s definition of a woman’. Ms Dodds replied: ‘Well, I have to say that there are different definitions legally around what a woman actually is. I mean, you look at the definition within the Equality Act, and I think it just says someone who is adult and female, I think, but then doesn’t see how you define either of those things.

Up to five more Tory MPs are considering jumping ship to Labour, according to reports.

Amy Hart has revealed her support for social media content creators unionising as she writes about being stereotyped.

transition period.The export of food and live animals to the EU plummeted by a massive 64 per cent in January, the figures show, mainly because of strict checks by the EU.The Scottish Seafood Association has reported that sign-offs on consignments are now taking six times longer than previously.The government stats also revealed a 2.9 per cent drop in GDP, the nation’s overall wealth, in the same month and a fall in imports.Labour Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds said: “Today’s figures confirm that under the Conservatives we’ve had the worst economic crisis of any major economy.“Rather than securing the recovery, Rishi Sunak’s budget last week risked weakening it through a combination of pay cuts and tax rises, and a looming cut to social

Labour and SNP opponents tore into the chancellor ahead of his Spending Review on Wednesday amid reports that Sunak will scarp a rise in the minimum wage paid to many care home staff and frontline covid workers.Sunak looks set to cancel a proposed five per cent rise in the national living wage for two million workers, citing fears that it will put companies already under strain our of business.The hourly legal minimum wage was due to rise from £8.72 to £9.21 in April.

Boris Johnson has promised to act “forthwith” to prevent people being forced to shield at home facing a financial ‘cliff edge.’

Holes in the government’s furlough scheme must be fixed to prevent people forced to shield at home during the coronavirus crisis facing a ‘cliff-edge’, Labour have warned.