A former Girlguiding leader who said she was expelled because of her gender-critical beliefs has welcomed the organisation’s change in policy to stop trans girls from becoming members.

Girlguiding – which has around 300,000 UK members across its Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers groups – has confirmed it will now only allow those recorded female at birth to join.

It said the “difficult decision” – which comes almost eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex – had been made after “detailed considerations, expert legal advice and input from senior members, young members”, its council and board of trustees.

Trans rights campaigners have claimed Girlguiding was “being forced to exclude young trans girls by adults with bigotries and institutional power”.

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