Two police forces are slammed after refusing job applications from candidates who ­believe people cannot change biological sex.

• Norfolk Constabulary told a woman enquiring about a job she was not suitable
• ‘Gender critical’ views were deemed below the behaviour expected in the force
• An officer who anonymously applied to 26 forces was also rejected for her views

Two police forces have been slammed after they refusing job applications from candidates who ­believe people cannot change biological sex.

A woman who enquired about a role at Norfolk Constabulary was told the job would not be suitable for her because of her ‘gender critical’ views.

Her application to another force in the southeast was unsuccessful after she made it

Two police forces have been criticised for not welcoming job applications from people who believe that individuals cannot change biological sex, the Telegraph can reveal. In emails seen by this newspaper, Norfolk Constabulary told a woman inquiring about a role in the force that the job “would not be suitable” for her because of her “gender critical” views. After the candidate made clear that she did not think a person could physically transition to the opposite sex, another force in the South East said her views did not constitute “the behaviours expected” and an application “would be not successful”.

POLICE forces have spent more than £90,000 on Pride-styled pens, lanyards and stickers, figures show.

That included £4,904 on merchandise for a national LGBT conference last year – part of a £19,616 bill split between the country’s four forces.

Read article: Cops spend more than £90,000 on Pride merchandise from lanyards to stickers

• NHS Lanarkshire slammed for its ‘Supporting Trans Staff in the Workplace’ policy
• Policy relates to use of staff-only female shared toilets, showers and changing rooms
• Barrister Sarah Phillimore, 49, of London, claims guidelines ‘stop women from voicing concerns’
• She also claims prioritising trans over women’s right is ‘unlawful’ and fears those raising objections may lose their jobs

A barrister and nurses have slammed an NHS health board for an ‘unlawful’ policy which allows transitioning people to use staff-only female shared facilities, claiming the guidelines ‘stop women from voicing concerns’.

Sarah Phillimore, 49, from London, criticised NHS Lanarkshire over their

Why aren’t Tory Police and Crime Commissioners reining in hate hoaxes?

Sarah Phillimore, a barrister, is part of the WeAreFairCop group, formed to support ex-police officer, Harry Miller, when he was visited by local police and told to ‘check his thinking’. He was also threatened with the possibility of criminal proceedings. Miller had tweeted about the Government consultation on the Gender Recognition Act. Although Miller had committed no crime, his tweets were recorded, kept on the police record, and made liable for disclosure via a criminal records (DBS) check. When Miller asked for the record of his non-crime to

• Ian Yule has resigned after his court report was edited by charity Mermaids
• The 72-year-old’s article was edited at the invitation of Hodder Education
• He resigned from the editorial board of A-level Law Review magazine

JK Rowling’s publisher invited a transgender activist group to edit a court report covering a free speech ruling.

The writer of the legal article said it was ‘effectively destroyed’ due to extensive feedback from trans rights charity Mermaids.

The move by Hodder Education, part of Hachette, saw Ian Yule resign as chairman of the editorial board of A-level Law Review magazine, for which the

JK Rowling’s publisher invited the transgender activist group Mermaids to review an article in a magazine for A-level law students, which summarised a High Court test case on freedom of expression.

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Management at Hodder Education, part of Hachette UK, referred the article on the ruling to Mermaids, asking it to suggest “examples we can use to counteract the tone and opinions in the piece” and to suggest changes to “anything you feel is untrue, unfair and/or offensive”.

Read article: JK Rowling publisher asked Mermaids trans group to ‘censor’ legal article on free-speech ruling

The outrageous policing of political speech by Wiltshire Police

suppose I should consider myself lucky that I have been able to live 50 years without having to think too deeply about what Hannah Arendt meant by the ‘banality of evil’. About how the real danger comes not from the individuals who put into motion schemes of death and destruction, but the ordinary men and women who are daily complicit, in many little ways.

Read article: Why do women matter so little?

When police kit out their patrol cars in rainbow flags or when officers don pride polo shirts, two questions spring to mind: Should the police be doing this? And how much does it cost? Now, we have some answers to the second of these questions.

Read article: Why are police spending thousands on Stonewall subscriptions?