Unite and Unison join campaigners urging government to exempt strike days from maternity calculationsThe UK’s two biggest unions have backed calls for a review of the “immoral” system where pregnant workers...
Read MoreThe review into the rules was ordered by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle in NovemberMPs should not be allowed to bring babies into the House of Commons chamber during debates, a cross-party review has recommended after mounting...
Read MoreVulnerable women face huge bills before giving birth, campaigners sayThe health of pregnant migrant women and their unborn babies is being put at risk due to fears around NHS charging, with some trusts demanding upfront fees for...
Read MoreLabour MPs comments come after Sir Lindsay Hoyle said it was up to chair of each debate to decide if MPs could bring in babiesStella Creasy has criticised the “absurdity” of parliament’s approach to new...
Read MoreSir Lindsay Hoyle’s comments come after Stella Creasy was reprimanded for bringing her infant son MPs should be allowed to bring their babies with them to parliamentary debates, the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has...
Read MoreWalthamstow MP says she is ‘heartbroken’ by lack of support from Labour over calls for maternity coverLabour’s Stella Creasy is launching a project to fund mothers who want to get involved in politics, after...
Read MoreExclusive: opposition commits to a range of equal rights policies as UK emerges from pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLabour would make it illegal to make women redundant during pregnancy...
Read MoreBut Not Maternity Alliance says postcode lottery remains despite guidance issued in DecemberThe majority of women who have received bad news about their pregnancy since December were on their own at the time, despite the NHS...
Read MoreGovernment says it will bring forward more protections amid accusations of double standardsMPs have voted to give ministers formal paid maternity leave for the first time, hailed as an “important and long overdue...
Read MoreMove rushed through in time for attorney general Suella Braverman to keep her post after giving birthThe government is to change the law to give cabinet ministers six months’ maternity leave on full pay, allowing the...
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