Reform UK told men to use the same toilets as women – despite speaking about the importance of single sex spaces.

The apparent double standards took place as the right-wing party held a press conference in Westminster about cracking down on violence against women and girls.

The use of toilets has become a hot-button issue ever since the Supreme Court ruled that a woman is legally defined by biological sex, sparking a wider debate about what public facilities a trans person can use.

In Reform’s manifesto , it also calls for a ban on what it calls a “transgender ideology” and insists “schools must have single sex facilities”.

Linden Kemkaran, the Reform leader of Kent Council Council, echoed this messaging today, saying: “It is a fact that allowing biological men into women’s spaces

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