Labour MP Nadia Whittome has called for the Equality Act 2010 to be amended so that trans people are legally protected in accessing single-sex spaces. Speaking at a trade union conference, the Nottingham East MP said current law needs to change to safeguard trans people's "rights, privacy and inclusion", a stance that puts her at odds with the Conservatives and Reform UK, both of which want the Act reformed or scrapped in the opposite direction following April's Supreme Court ruling that "sex" in the Act means biological sex.

Whittome, who previously campaigned against EHRC guidance stating toilets and changing rooms should be used according to sex at birth, said she is now working with trans-led organisations to agree a unified position on changing the legislation, despite previously being wary of reopening the Equality Act. She was backed by Julia Georgiou of the National House Building Council Staff Association, who argued the 16-year-old Act and the 22-year-old Gender Recognition Act are outdated. The Conservatives have pledged to amend the Act to define sex as biological, while Reform UK wants to abolish it entirely.