The Conservatives have been accused of "phony culture wars" as they announced plans to amend the Equality Act to make clear sex means "biological sex" rather than gender.Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what the party is saying and how others have reacted.In a party press release on Sunday, the Tories said the Equality Act 2010 has "not kept pace with evolving interpretations and is not sufficiently clear on when it means sex and when it means gender".

The Conservatives have been accused of "phony culture wars" as they announced plans to amend the Equality Act to make clear sex means "biological sex" rather than gender.Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what the party is saying and how others have reacted.In a party press release on Sunday, the Tories said the Equality Act 2010 has "not kept pace with evolving interpretations and is not sufficiently clear on when it means sex and when it means gender".