The Scottish Government has spent over £760,000 in taxpayers’ money after unsuccessfully defending a landmark legal challenge brought by the campaign group For Women Scotland. The dispute reached the UK Supreme Court, which ultimately ruled that the term “woman” in the Equality Act refers specifically to biological sex. Following the verdict, ministers were ordered to pay more than £540,000 to the group. Critics have slammed the expenditure as a waste of public funds, while the campaign group intends to use the recovered costs to fund further legal action regarding transgender policies in female prisons.
Date: February 10, 2026. Source: independent.co.uk