@rosbragg

Because our work is never done, Joyce Stevens

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📢 Last call for our Housing Conditions update webinar tomorrow with Catherine O'Donnell of @gardencourtlaw 🗓️ 20th March, 17:30-18:30 📒 Attendees will receive Catherine's 2-part annual Housing Conditions update from @LegalActionMag 👉 Register at tinyurl.com/Housing-Conditio…
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Maternity pay is plunging new parents into poverty. Join me in calling for an end to pregnancy poverty now! Email your MP maternityaction.eaction.org.…
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We can do better than marking days on calendars to abstractly celebrate groups. We must ensure tangible policy changes to meaningfully improve the lives of migrants, asylum seekers and people at risk of labour exploitation. Read the report here: labourexploitation.org/publi…

“I kept waiting and waiting”: The realities of asylum seekers’ restricted right to work in the UK

In this unique piece of research, FLEX directly engaged with a number of asylum seekers about their experience of accessing work within the asylum system, bringing their experiences to the...

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Delighted to see genuine redundancy protection for pregnant women and new mothers in the Employment Bill. First recommended by @Commonswomequ in 2016; repeated commitments given by the then Government; private members bill by @MariaMillerUK. Important protection, long overdue.
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An estimated 4,000 pregnant women & mothers returning from maternity leave are dismissed each year. I spoke in Parliament about how the vital reforms in Labour’s Employment Rights Bill will help to tackle this issue.
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“We also expect there to be significant wider benefits to society, including positive impacts on health and wellbeing, equality, competition and participation,” the assessment, put together by the Department for Business and Trade, said. thetimes.com/article/04541d8…
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Working on maternity leave, borrowing from family, going into debt. Great piece in ⁦@thetimes⁩ on how women manage on the UK’s obscenely low statutory maternity pay. thetimes.com/article/616be48…
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#KemiBadenoch's comments have at least provided some opps for highlighting the poor state of maternity pay @DailyMirror features our op ed mirror.co.uk/news/politics/f…

Majority of new mums already forced back to work early, says maternity charity

Leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch called maternity pay ‘excessive’ in a bid to woo Tory votes, but Judith Dennis, head of policy at Maternity Action, says finances are already so tough, first time...

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Social justice requires we take urgent action on the evils of racism @DrHNaqvi @profkevinfenton @SadiqKhan @mayorofLDN @LDN_gov @LondonAssembly @UCL bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q213…

Racism is exacerbating London’s health inequalities, report concludes

Structural racism is harming the health and wellbeing of ethnic minority communities in London and contributing to “avoidable and unfair inequalities” between ethnic groups, researchers have conclu...

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The review highlights the well-documented marked inequalities among ethnic minority groups in maternal and child health and mental illness, alongside experiences with the criminal justice system and services more widely 5/6
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Very interesting research into structural racism and health inequalities in London from @marmotihe Very pleased to have contributed through the Advisory Board. Racial disparities in maternity remain stark. @MaternityAction theguardian.com/world/2024/o…
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Calling Statutory Maternity Pay 'excessive' is mind-blowing when it's less than half the rate of the national minimum wage. 🤯 A recent survey by @MaternityAction and UNISON shows a quarter of women on maternity leave went without food to feed their families. maternityaction.org.uk/wp-co…
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Kudos to @guardianmoney for fact checking Badenoch’s claims about ‘excessive’ mat pay. The @MaternityAction survey clearly shows the impact of low rates of maternity pay, with women forced to return to work before they have recovered from the birth. theguardian.com/money/2024/s…

Is UK maternity pay excessive and how much does it cost the taxpayer?

After Kemi Badenoch’s comments on maternity pay, how does the UK compare with other countries?

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Truly shocking to hear Kemi Badenich criticising as ‘excessive’, the very low rate of maternity pay in the UK. Does she really expect mothers to save a year’s wages in anticipation of a new baby?
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Co-chair of the @APPGJustice @FightBach welcomes us all to today’s Access to Justice meeting, with a warm welcome to new Minister for legal aid @heidialexander and a moment or two to celebrate Simon Mullings and all that he did for Access to justice.
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“Perhaps unsurprisingly, we could find no example of any other country abolishing its main public health institution in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic”, says Lord @Ara_Darzi report on @NHSEngland go.wilmingtonplc.com/index.p… via @HSJnews
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'As we now have a new government, it is time to implement active measures to curb the hostile environment that has been fuelled by the inflammatory language of the last one,' says @LegalActionGrp CEO @sue_james1 lag.org.uk/?id=215881
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Legal Action Group is sad beyond words to hear of the sudden death of our great friend and colleague Simon Mullings. His contribution to housing law is beyond measure; and his commitment, compassion and expertise changed countless clients’ lives for the better. [Contd ...]
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Hazards Conference has begun! Listening to Rob Miguel, @unitetheunion National Officer with a room of delegates ready to spend a weekend discussing organising strategies for safer work @hazardscampaign #Haz2024
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BREAKING NEWS: Landmark equal pay win for thousands of workers against Next. More than 3,500 current & former store staff of national retailer Next have won their six-year legal fight for equal pay. @Eli2a3ethGeorge and her team represent the store workers ow.ly/vJB950T78KL
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"This report reflects much of what we hear from our 9m users, esp around low rates of statutory maternity & paternity pay and the importance of tackling the motherhood penalty" - Mumsnet's @Justine_Roberts in today's Times on @ukonward's research thetimes.com/uk/society/arti…

‘Motherhood penalty’ driving women to have fewer children

Lack of financial support, childcare costs, the housing crisis — it all adds up to many feeling priced out of parenthood, research suggests

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