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.- ministerial statement that i mentioned in holyrood is getting under way now. that mentioned in holyroodunder way now.— mentioned in holyrood is getting underwa now. ., . under way now. not everyone agreed with the bell. — under way now. not everyone agreed with the bell, some _ under way now. not everyone agreed with the bell, some strongly - under way now. not everyone agreed| with the bell, some strongly opposed it they voted to pass the bill with all members of all parties voting in favour, but within four weeks scottish ministers petition for judicial review. it undermined hollywood's democratic welt judicial review. it undermined hollywood's democratic well and by extension the will of the people we are here to represent. let me be absolutely clear that the scottish government remains committed to supporting and empowering the lgbtqi plus community, including trans people. we will continue to build on our work across government to strengthen this. we work closely with the lgbtqi plus stakeholder group to ensure the voices of those with the experience helps improve outcomes for thes

.- ministerial statement that i mentioned in holyrood is getting under way now. flat mentioned in holyroodbell, some _ under way now. not everyone agreed with the bell, some strongly - under way now. not everyone agreed| with the bell, some strongly opposed it they voted to pass the bill with all members of all parties voting in favour, but within four weeks scottish ministers petition for judicial review. it undermined hollywood's democratic well and by extension the will of the people we are here to represent. let me be absolutely clear

the legislation passed by a large majority in the parliament at holyrood, in an unprecedented move —iously very pleased that the decision i took has been vindicated, i'm very pleased that the section 35 order that had never been used before is clearly cemented into the scotland act of 1998 and i'm pleased also that the judge agreed with me that there were adverse effects on gb—wide legislation relating to equalities. the gender recognition reform scotland bill is passed. the gender recognition reform bill was approved by msps after yea rs of consultation and days of parliamentary debate. we have a uk government that now it seems to - be able to override the _ democratic wishes of - the scottish parliament to veto a law that was passed by a large majority of msps, _ members from all parties, l and i think that is a sad day for devolution. scotland's first minister humza yousaf now has to weigh up whether an appeal would be a wise use of taxpayers�* money, or if he ditches the bill could the scottish greens who is in government with end up ditching him? arguments over the rights of ind

has been announced by scotland's deputy first minister, and she is currently giving a speech to holyroodon of additional funding to raise providing over £200 million of additionalfunding to raise pay to release £12 an hour from april 202a. that is the equivalent of a rise of £2000 for full—time workers a year, a pay rise of over 10% a year. we recognise that disabled people living in scotland's face particularly difficult barriers and thatis particularly difficult barriers and that is why we are reopening the independent living fund. this will enable up to 1000 disabled people in scotland to access the support they need and deserve to live independently. one of our key partners in the delivery of services is local government and through our partnership with local government under the agreement we will work to empower councils for a new fiscal framework which also increases discretion to determine and set fees and charges locally. for the fiscal framework, we will also seek to ensure that distribution arrangements continue to meet the needs of our remotest communities and changing populat

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is at holyrood. explain what this means?what this means? yeah, it was passed by _ explain what this means? yeah, it was passed by a — explain what this means? yeah, it was passed by a large _ explain what this means? yeah, it was passed by a large majority - explain what this means? yeah, it i was passed by a large majority here in the scottish parliamentjust before christmas last year, backed by msps from all parties. they have streamlined that process. it would have lowered the age you can apply to legally change your sex, and it would also in effect have brought in self identification for trans people. they would no longer need a medical diagnosis. the uk government had concerns. they triggered what is known as a section 35. it was triggered for the first time in the history of devolution. they said they were concerned that this law, if it received royal assent, would have an adverse impact on equality law and on, for instance, single sex spaces for women and girls. today, a judge at the court of session here in edinburgh

the legislation passed by a large majority in the parliament at holyrood, in an unprecedented move —awful. well, i'm obviously very pleased that the decision i took has been vindicated, i'm very pleased that the section 35 order that had never been used before is clearly cemented into the scotland act of 1998 and i'm pleased also that the judge agreed with me that there were adverse effects on gb—wide legislation relating to equalities. the gender recognition reform scotland bill is passed. the gender recognition reform bill was approved by msps after years of consultation and days of parliamentary debate. we have a uk government that now it seems to be able to override - the democratic wishes _ of the scottish parliament to veto a law that was passed - by a large majority of msps, members from all parties, and i think that is a sad i day for devolution. scotland's first minister humza yousaf now has to weigh up whether an appeal would be a wise use of taxpayers' money, or if he ditches the bill could the scottish greens who is in government with end up ditching him? arguments over t

humza yousaf says holyrood.e people of scotland , not a people of scotland, not a westminster government, and the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . the funeral for the flawed. the funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan is being held in ireland and you told me all, all your joy , you told me all, all yourjoy, you kwarteng ever happened . to land kwarteng ever happened. to land 0 song to all those little girls and boys . 0 song to all those little girls and boys. family friends, politicians and celebrities , politicians and celebrities, including hollywood actor johnny including hollywood actorjohnny depp , have all gathered to pay depp, have all gathered to pay their final respects at saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary . earlier, county tipperary. earlier, mourners lined the streets and sang some of the band's hits as his cortege made his way through the streets of dublin . this is the streets of dublin. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your

we'll find out now because we're joined from holyrood gb news scotland holyrood by gb news scotland reporterny, thanks us. just thanks for joining us. just outlining the detail there. scotland now suddenly is the highest tax regime in all of the uk . yes that's correct. uk. yes that's correct. >> and certainly rishi sunak earlier this week on his visit to raf lossiemouth in moray, said that he would be disappointed had this news come today and indeed it did. shona robison outlined the new advanced tax bracket . for £0.45 advanced tax bracket. for £0.45 on earners between 70,000 and £125,000, as you see now , £125,000, as you see now, widening that gap of income tax to making scots scotland's high earners some of the most heavily taxed people across the united kingdom . meanwhile, shona kingdom. meanwhile, shona robison of course, the big question of today was how on earth will she plug that £1.5 billion black hole in scotland's finances? and indeed, she is very much hoping that . by 2425 very much hoping that. by 2425 that the income tax will increase, as well as the extra penny on the absol

humza yousaf says the holyrood. yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. paying . dillian held in ireland. paying. dillian whyte depher was singing all laid bare and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . ringing out for christmas day. >> paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung dunng fairytale of new york was sung during the service. >> family, friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary . hollywood county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit a fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow , across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of the singer. >> he really did live so close to the ed

humza yousaf says the holyrood.yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. paying . dillian held in ireland. paying. dillian whyte depher was singing all laid bare and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . ringing out for christmas day. >> paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung dunng fairytale of new york was sung during the service. >> family, friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary . hollywood county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit a fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow , across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of the singer. >> he really did live so close to the edg

of course, after holyroods gender recognition reforms were blocked .uld have had a negative impact on uk wide equality laws . well, i'm joined equality laws. well, i'm joined now by alba party msp ash regan , now by alba party msp ash regan, who's been a long time campaigner on this issue. thank you very much for joining us campaigner on this issue. thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the show , ash. so a victory for the show, ash. so a victory for common sense at long last. >> good evening. yes. so it seems for now a victory for common sense . common sense. >> but i would just point out that for the moment it's quite a complicated situation. this has never happened before , nor never happened before, nor obviously this is the first use of a section 35, and the bill hasn't received royal assent. so it's effectively sort of sitting there, not quite ready. it can't be implemented , but it would be implemented, but it would need to be in order to be killed completely, which is what many people would like to see. they would

makes it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex, received cross—party support in holyroodza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. ipp frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . ipp online held in ireland. ipp online before placing in galway bay , before placing in galway bay, and the bells will ring in out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary mary of rosary church in county tipperary . church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit the fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of the

it comes as the gender recognition reform bill went through holyrood before it was blocked by the ukvernment. the court ruled the unprecedented use of section 35 was lawful. reject mounting a challenge from the scottish government . at least six people government. at least six people have died after tornadoes hit tennessee in the us. severe storms left tens of thousands of people without power. one tornado was caught on video by an eyewitness causing electrical flashes and an explosion . three flashes and an explosion. three people, including two adults and a child, were killed in clarksville. three others were killed in nashville. officials say the casualty figures are likely to rise . and buckingham likely to rise. and buckingham palace have revealed this year's christmas cards are a combination of regal and relaxed. the prince and princess of wales went for a monochrome photo showing the family all wearing plain shirts and denim . wearing plain shirts and denim. king charles and queen camilla have chosen a portrait from the coronation stand side by side with the king wearing the i

it comes as the gender recognition reform bill went through holyrood before it was blocked by the ukernment . blocked by the uk government. the court ruled the unprecedented use of section 35 was lawful, rejecting a challenge from the scottish government . meanwhile, israel government. meanwhile, israel has ordered civilians to leave gaza's main southern city amid difficult fighting. it comes as khan yunis was hit by heavy bombardment last night. residents searched under rubble and debris to find any possible survivors . as the israeli survivors. as the israeli military chief told his soldiers to press harder in their fight against the hamas terror group , against the hamas terror group, saying there were signs it was disintegrating . now, at least disintegrating. now, at least six people have died after tornadoes hit tennessee in the us . severe storms left tens of us. severe storms left tens of thousands of homes. also without power. one tornado was caught on video by this eyewitness, causing electrical flashes and an explosion in three people, including two adults and a child, wer

makes it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex, received cross—party support in holyroodumza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. ipp frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . ipp online held in ireland. ipp online before placing in galway bay , before placing in galway bay, and the bells will ring in out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary mary of rosary church in county tipperary . church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit the fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of t

there outside holyrood . holyrood. >> okay.gainst councils that, quote, drag their feet over housebuilding. >> yes, in his keynote housing speech, the secretary of state for up and housing and for levelling up and housing and communities announced a series of says government of measures, says the government is on the side builders, not is on the side of builders, not blockers, he outlines a blockers, as he outlines a commitment homes commitment to build new homes across commitment to build new homes acr> our political editor, christopher hope, was there . uh, christopher hope, was there. uh, christopher, good afternoon . christopher, good afternoon. what tell us about what can you tell us about gove's announcement today? >> well, we're going to be talking to christopher hope, our political ah, he political editor. ah, here he is. excellent. thank you very much us, much for joining us, christopher. hi did have christopher. hi what did he have to the room? hi emily. to say in the room? hi emily. >> hi, ben

>> well, i don't know the fiscal position of the devolved government in holyrood, but if you've a precedent2% you've got a precedent of 12% and then in in scotland, then in england, you've got a demand for 35, that would seem to kind of set the parameters for having a discussion because again, the point having been on point is, having been on a strike, the is not to do strike, the goal is not to do that forever. making yourselves poorer service poorer and your service users, in worse off in this case patients worse off as well. the goal always has to be to reach an agreement. otherwise if you're not seeking an that would an agreement, that would be militant think sides militant and i think both sides can reach agreement, but it does require negotiations in good faith. >> jacqueline. i mean, you know an lot about trade an awful lot about trade unionists. like what unionists. you were like what i would a shop steward. yeah would call a shop steward. yeah so, i mean, he's saying about, you know, these people are going on strike not to cause harm, but on strike not to cause harm, but on the con

makes it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex, received cross—party support in holyroodhumza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . dillian whyte held in ireland. dillian whyte before with singing galway bay , before with singing galway bay, and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer. the bands hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister, siobhan said that while they were born in kent, her brothers veins ran deep with irish blood and his widow, victoria mary clarke, also spoke i >> -- >> it really did live so close to the edge that he he seemed like he was going to fall off many times. i mean, we've had me and siobhan and all the family. we'

makes it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex, received cross—party support in holyroodumza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . dillian whyte held in ireland. dillian whyte before with singing galway bay , before with singing galway bay, and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer. the bands hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister, siobhan said that while they were born in kent, her brothers veins ran deep with irish blood and his widow, victoria mary clarke, also spoke i >> -- >> it really did live so close to the edge that he he seemed like he was going to fall off many times. i mean, we've had me and siobhan and all the family. we'v

makes it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex, received cross—party support in holyroodza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed. msp rachel hamilton believes the court's ruling is right. really concerning bit of legislation, but also the main reason that we didn't vote for this legislation was that it would have had an impact on the protection of women and girls. >> and we know that self—id system subsequently did have an impact because isla bryson , impact because isla bryson, after raping two women, was then placed in a female estate after changing gender. >> a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan is being held in ireland. his bandmates pay held in ireland. his bandmates pay tribute a short while ago singing song the parting glass . singing song the parting glass. by singing song the parting glass. by heart was spent. in good come back and our hearts. >> but i long alas , was to >> but i long alas, was to family, friends, politicians and celebrities, including hollywood star johnny depp, all gathered to pay their final res

recognition bill was was lawful well yes of course it was downing street's unprecedented veto of holyroodsgnition reform bill was lawful scotland's highest court ruled . so this is really court ruled. so this is really interesting because it's really interesting because it's really interesting for a number of reasons. let's just park the fact that the whole policy is actually bananas for a moment, but scotland have only got limited and devolved powers and you can argue that that's not such a good thing. but as they do in here, because the scottish government, justice government, social justice secretary shirley—anne somerville, devolution is somerville, said devolution is fundamentally flawed in the uk. if the government able to if the uk government is able to override democratic wishes of the parliament, they the scottish parliament, they did vote for this and veto laws at the stroke of a pen. however for this alone proves why there are only devolved . we are the are only devolved. we are the united kingdom . they are one united kingdom. they are one third of that part of the united kingd

recognition bill was was lawful well yes of course it was downing street's unprecedented veto of holyroodsnition reform bill was lawful scotland's highest court ruled . so this is really court ruled. so this is really interesting because it's really interesting because it's really interesting for a number of reasons. let's just park the fact that the whole policy is actually bananas for a moment, but scotland have only got limited and devolved powers and you can argue that that's not such a good thing. but as they do in here, because the scottish government, justice government, social justice secretary shirley—anne somerville, devolution is somerville, said devolution is fundamentally flawed in the uk. if the government able to if the uk government is able to override democratic wishes of the parliament, they the scottish parliament, they did vote for this and veto laws at the stroke of a pen. however for this alone proves why there are only devolved . we are the are only devolved. we are the united kingdom . they are one united kingdom. they are one third of that part of the united kingdo

the law was changed in holyrood , north of changed in holyrood, north of the border last year where nownvictions during the miners strikes of 1984 and 85 were pardoned, no compensation was given, but those convicted fines were wiped off. the record. now owen thompson, snp mp, wants that extended to england and wales and he's trying to do that with this ten minute rule motion, which is basically a mechanism . it's a backbench mechanism. it's a backbench bill. he gets ten minutes this afternoon to put his case to why this should happen. somebody else can then speak for ten minutes as to why it shouldn't. and if it gets nodded through to the next stage, that goes through, i have say , though, through, i have to say, though, that i think beyond that, i'd be very, very surprised if this goes any further. first of all, it's highly , highly it's highly, highly controversial. as you've alluded to, and some of these miners committed very small crimes, breaches of the peace , etc. they breaches of the peace, etc. they would say they were fighting for their livelihoods . they were their livelihood

makes it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex, received cross—party support in holyroodjudgement confirms the devolution is fundamentally flawed . the four biggest mobile flawed. the four biggest mobile network operators are being accused of overcharging up to 28.2 million customers. vodafone ee three and o2 28.2 million customers. vodafone ee three and 02 are accused of penalising loyal customers , penalising loyal customers, meaning they paid more than new customers for the same services. they now face a £3 billion plus claim made by former citizens advice executive justin gutmann , advice executive justin gutmann, alleging they used their market dominance to overcharge people on uk contracts . gutmann dominance to overcharge people on uk contracts. gutmann and dominance to overcharge people on uk contracts . gutmann and the on uk contracts. gutmann and the law firm charles lindon are seeking damages of at least £3.2 billion . the foreign secretary billion. the foreign secretary has refuted claims he's interfering with us politics by urging lawmakers to vote through a

our scotland editorjames cook is at holyrood. difficult decisions all around, i imagine.ts which the scottish government has to fulfil, or wants to fulfil rather command they include for example funding tuition fees for scottish students paying for personal care for the elderly and painful prescriptions to be free at the point of use in scotland. on top of that, there has been a series of costly promises made by humza yousaf over the past year. that is also weighing on the mind of the finance secretary. for example, they have to fund public sector pay deals they had committed to and also a freeze in council tax, which means more money being transferred from the scottish government to local authorities. with all of that in quite a bit more, what are they going to do? she has to balance her budget. there are limited borrowing powers here. shona robison must balance her budget and that means looking at either public sectorjob cuts, she has hinted that might well be the case, cuts in public services. she says she will do her best to protect them and also potentially tax rises