Women Of Dorset

  Women of Dorset have contacted all those standing in the eight constituencies that cover Dorset, including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Below is the response from Jessica Toale (Labour) - Bournemouth West, Tom Hayes (Labour) - Bournemouth East and Joanna Howard (Labour) - Christchurchand East Dorset . Dear Women of Dorset, Thank you for your email and questions. As candidates we are proud of the Labour Party’s record of progress on equality, from the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act in 1975 to the Equality Act in 2010. The next Labour government will build on the progress that has been made in the past by addressing today’s challenges, making hatred against women a hate crime, acting on the gender pay gap and maternity discrimination, and modernising the law on gender recognition whilst protecting spaces for biological women. One of our missions for the country at this election is to break down barriers to opportunity for all, ensuring that everyone is treated w...

  Women of Dorset have contacted all those standing in the eight constituencies that cover Dorset, including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Below is the response from Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative) - Christchurch. Dear Women of Dorset, Thank you for your email of 4 th  June.   I very much agree with the need to clarify the definition of sex in the Equality Act.  Indeed, I am very pleased that the Conservative Party has included a commitment to do just this in their General Election Manifesto.   With regard to your other questions, I shall be happy to discuss these with any of your members resident in the Christchurch constituency with whom you can put me in contact and I look forward to doing this.   With best wishes, Chris Chope  Sir Christopher Chope OBE Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Christchurch 

  Space Youth Project in Dorset has been accused by MP of West Dorset Chris Loder of targeting vulnerable young people. Read here

West Dorset Magazine has given a double page article Mum speaks out over gender and puberty blocker drugs  at Pages 26 to 27.