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Reform to hold vote on transgender prisoners
Reform UK members will table a motion at their party conference which is expected to call for transgender women to be excluded from female prisons, Sky News understands.
The motion is set to be held this Saturday during Reform's party conference, taking place in Birmingham. Politics latest: Why the deputy prime minister nearly resigned It comes after Nigel Farage faced criticism for initially appearing to back Vanessa Frake, a former prison governor whom he hired as an adviser, when she said some transgender women could be housed in female jails.
At a news conference last month, Ms Frake said cases needed to be assessed "on an individual basis" and that those calling for a blanket ban "clearly have never set foot in a prison". The Reform UK leader originally appeared to echo Ms Frake, saying the issue was about "risk assessment" - before later saying he did not agree.
Asked if he agreed with his adviser's position, he said: "I personally never worked in a prison, so I can't answer that. "But I think you'll find that the answer that you'll get from somebody who has worked in prisons at the highest possible level is, I think basically it's about risk assessment." However, the next day, Mr Farage posted on social media that he had "never supported men in women's prisons.
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