Now NatWest, Halifax, TSB and Lloyds ALL vow to support their trans workers after Supreme Court ‘woman’ ruling – but stop short of explaining how [Video]

09:47 EDT 18 Apr 2025, updated 11:58 EDT 18 Apr 2025

NatWest, Halifax and Lloyds have all vowed to support their transgender workers after the Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. 

The three high street banks were among the first to publicly reassure staff following the case announcement on Wednesday. 

It came after the Supreme Court ruled ‘sex’, ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in the Equality Act must mean ‘biological sex’, rejecting any alternative interpretations as ‘incoherence and impracticable’. 

In handing down the court’s judgment, Lord Hodge said he recognised ‘the strength of feeling on both sides’ and cautioned against seeing the judgment as a triumph for one side over another – stressing that the law still gives trans people protection against discrimination. 

Lloyds Bank then pledged yesterday to support its transgender staff following the decision, saying in internal communications it was ‘standing in solidarity’ with them. 

When asked by MailOnline if this position …