Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned London against any bid to block a controversial Scottish gender recognition law, adding her devolved government is prepared to vigorously defend its powers all the way to the UK’s top court.
The looming standoff over the law to make it easier for people to change gender ratchets up London’s tense relations with Scotland’s regional government, less than two months after the ruling Scottish National Party saw its efforts to hold a new independence referendum stymied by the UK Supreme Court.
Sturgeon says that her government is prepared to “rigorously” defend the gender legislation all the way to the UK’s top court if Prime Minister Rishi Sunak steps in to block it.