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Ministers are considering updating equalities law in a move that could stop trans women from accessing women's-only hospital wards and competing in women's sports.

Kemi Badenoch, the women and equalities minister, has written to Britain's equalities watchdog about updating legislation to make clear that 'sex' refers to 'biological sex'.

In a 19-page letter to Ms Badenoch, EHRC chair Baroness Kishwer Falkner identified eight areas where updating the Equality Act could bring benefits.

This includes in the employment of staff in safe spaces such as women's or girls' hostels, the use of women's-only wards in hospitals, and the exclusion of trans women from women's sports.