Maternity Action's Head of Policy Judith Dennis attended a roundtable yesterday with Government Minister Dearden & Baroness Sherlock to discuss the parental leave and pay review.
We continue to urge the Government to take steps to #endpregnancypoverty
We continue to urge the Government to take steps to #endpregnancypoverty
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Maternity Action's Head of Policy Judith Dennis attended a roundtable yesterday with Government Minister Dearden & Baroness Sherlock to discuss the parental leave and pay review.
We continue to urge the Government to take steps to #endpregnancypoverty
We continue to urge the Government to take steps to #endpregnancypoverty
Inflation is now at 3.8% yet #maternity pay is now less than half the weekly living wage, this is why we need urgent action on #maternity and parental leave pay. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
UK inflation rises by more than expected to 3.8% amid higher food prices
UK inflation rises by more than expected to 3.8% amid higher food prices
Annual July rate all but rules out possibility of a further Bank of England interest rate cut this year
Inflation rose again last month, to 3.8%, amid higher food and fuel prices, adding to fears that the Bank of England will delay further interest rate cuts.
Figures showed the annual rate as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) climbed from June’s 3.6% figure, sitting above the central bank’s 2% target for the 10th consecutive month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Inflation is now at 3.8% yet #maternity pay is now less than half the weekly living wage, this is why we need urgent action on #maternity and parental leave pay. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
Vicky tells us why we need urgent action on #maternity and parental leave pay. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Vicky tells us why we need urgent action on #maternity and parental leave pay. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
We need urgent action on #maternity and parental leave pay. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
July 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We need urgent action on #maternity and parental leave pay. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
Great to see this latest win on occupational #maternity pay by @neunion.bsky.social #EndPregnancyPoverty schoolsweek.co.uk/strikes-at-l...
Charter Trust strikes over maternity pay called off
Charter Trust strikes at London schools over maternity pay have been called off after a settlement was reached between the NEU and the trust.
schoolsweek.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Great to see this latest win on occupational #maternity pay by @neunion.bsky.social #EndPregnancyPoverty schoolsweek.co.uk/strikes-at-l...
UK #food inflation was 4.5% over the 12 months to June 2025 while the rise in maternity pay this year was 1.7%😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
July 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
UK #food inflation was 4.5% over the 12 months to June 2025 while the rise in maternity pay this year was 1.7%😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
#maternity pay & allowance are £187.18 weekly compared to £427.35 NLW for a 35hr week! 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
July 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#maternity pay & allowance are £187.18 weekly compared to £427.35 NLW for a 35hr week! 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
Self-employed & single mothers are some of the biggest losers from our current system of #maternity leave & pay. The Government must put this right. #endpregnancypoverty
July 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Self-employed & single mothers are some of the biggest losers from our current system of #maternity leave & pay. The Government must put this right. #endpregnancypoverty
Great to work with Lydia Smith of @yahoofinance.com to share the news of the Government's Parental Leave Review #EndPregnancyPoverty uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/parenta...
What we know about the UK's parental leave review
Britain's parental leave system is one of the least generous compared to other developed countries
uk.finance.yahoo.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great to work with Lydia Smith of @yahoofinance.com to share the news of the Government's Parental Leave Review #EndPregnancyPoverty uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/parenta...
Great to see this Parliamentary petition to improve #maternity pay has now reached more than 100k signatures! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... So MPs should get a chance to debate it! #endpregnancypoverty
petition.parliament.uk
July 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Great to see this Parliamentary petition to improve #maternity pay has now reached more than 100k signatures! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... So MPs should get a chance to debate it! #endpregnancypoverty
But meantime parents are pushed into debt & poverty by #maternity pay which is less than half the standard weekly national living wage. They can't wait until 2027 for action! Read our full response here maternityaction.org.uk/press-releas... #EndPregnancyPoverty
Press releases - Maternity Action
2025 Maternity Action response to the Government’s announcement of the Parental Leave Review, July 2025 Alliance of trade unions and charities call on Business and Trade Secretary for bold reforms to ...
maternityaction.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
But meantime parents are pushed into debt & poverty by #maternity pay which is less than half the standard weekly national living wage. They can't wait until 2027 for action! Read our full response here maternityaction.org.uk/press-releas... #EndPregnancyPoverty
Petition to the UK Parliament calling for improved maternity pay reaches more than 90k signatures - let's hope MPs debate it! bright-green.org/2025/06/29/m... #EndPregnancyPoverty
More than 90,000 people sign petition calling for parental leave pay to match the minimum wage
Presently, statutory maternity and paternity pay is set at £4.99 per hour
bright-green.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Petition to the UK Parliament calling for improved maternity pay reaches more than 90k signatures - let's hope MPs debate it! bright-green.org/2025/06/29/m... #EndPregnancyPoverty
Great to see Camden Council introducing these targeted pregnancy support grants linked to services #endpregnancypoverty
June 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Great to see Camden Council introducing these targeted pregnancy support grants linked to services #endpregnancypoverty
As you all know the many injustices of #Maternity Allowance are a subject dear to our heart, including its pitiful level and way Universal Credit treats it as unearned income and claws it all back from claimants pound-for-pound #endpregnancypoverty
June 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
As you all know the many injustices of #Maternity Allowance are a subject dear to our heart, including its pitiful level and way Universal Credit treats it as unearned income and claws it all back from claimants pound-for-pound #endpregnancypoverty
Another finding from our new Pushed Into Poverty report on the state of UK maternity pay & leave 😢 #endpregnancypoverty
May 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Another finding from our new Pushed Into Poverty report on the state of UK maternity pay & leave 😢 #endpregnancypoverty
#maternity pay & allowance are £187.18 weekly compared to £427.35 NLW for a 35hr week! 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
May 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#maternity pay & allowance are £187.18 weekly compared to £427.35 NLW for a 35hr week! 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
Catch up with our latest webinar on our Pushed Into Poverty research into #maternity pay with our Senior Policy Officer Annah Psarros & Nikki Pound, Women's Equality Officer @tuc.org.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0K... #endpregnancypoverty
Ending Pregnancy Poverty: Can the Government meet its missions without it?
YouTube video by Maternity Action
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May 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Catch up with our latest webinar on our Pushed Into Poverty research into #maternity pay with our Senior Policy Officer Annah Psarros & Nikki Pound, Women's Equality Officer @tuc.org.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0K... #endpregnancypoverty
Great to have worked with @mattbrownwrites.bsky.social of @yourmoneyuk.bsky.social on this piece about our new report on #maternity pay www.yourmoney.com/household-bi... #endpregnancypoverty
Low maternity pay ‘pushes women into poverty’
Maternity pay is “critically low” and pushing women into poverty, claims one leading charity as paid leave for mothers celebrates 50 years.
www.yourmoney.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Great to have worked with @mattbrownwrites.bsky.social of @yourmoneyuk.bsky.social on this piece about our new report on #maternity pay www.yourmoney.com/household-bi... #endpregnancypoverty
We're pleased to have worked with Athena Stavrou of @the-independent.com on this piece about our new Pushed into Poverty report on #maternity pay #endpregnancypoverty www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘I had to borrow money during my maternity leave – I felt ashamed and humiliated’
Campaigners warn statutory maternity pay is pushing new mothers into poverty
www.independent.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We're pleased to have worked with Athena Stavrou of @the-independent.com on this piece about our new Pushed into Poverty report on #maternity pay #endpregnancypoverty www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Another finding from our new Pushed Into Poverty report....but no wonder when the average-earning women loses c£17k if she's on #maternity pay for nine months #EndPregnancyPoverty. Read the full findings @ maternityaction.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Another finding from our new Pushed Into Poverty report....but no wonder when the average-earning women loses c£17k if she's on #maternity pay for nine months #EndPregnancyPoverty. Read the full findings @ maternityaction.org.uk
#maternity pay & allowance are just £187.18 weekly compared to £427.35 NLW for a 35hr week! 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 👉http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
May 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#maternity pay & allowance are just £187.18 weekly compared to £427.35 NLW for a 35hr week! 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 👉http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
Coming up! Our #free webinar in #May where we'll discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave research & implications for the Gov't's missions #EndPregnancyPoverty Register here bit.ly/3Eo1scH
Ending Pregnancy Poverty: Can the Government meet its missions without it?
Join us as we discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave survey & their implications for Government policy.
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Coming up! Our #free webinar in #May where we'll discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave research & implications for the Gov't's missions #EndPregnancyPoverty Register here bit.ly/3Eo1scH
Excited to share our #free webinar in #May where we'll discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave research & implications for the Gov't's missions #EndPregnancyPoverty Register here bit.ly/3Eo1scH
Ending Pregnancy Poverty: Can the Government meet its missions without it?
Join us as we discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave survey & their implications for Government policy.
bit.ly
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Excited to share our #free webinar in #May where we'll discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave research & implications for the Gov't's missions #EndPregnancyPoverty Register here bit.ly/3Eo1scH
Excited to share our #free webinar in #May where we'll discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave research & implications for the Gov't's missions #EndPregnancyPoverty Register here bit.ly/3Eo1scH
Ending Pregnancy Poverty: Can the Government meet its missions without it?
Join us as we discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave survey & their implications for Government policy.
bit.ly
April 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Excited to share our #free webinar in #May where we'll discuss the full findings of our 2025 Cost of Living on Maternity Leave research & implications for the Gov't's missions #EndPregnancyPoverty Register here bit.ly/3Eo1scH
Yet more evidence why #maternity pay that is less than half of the NLW is bad for mums & babies. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.
April 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yet more evidence why #maternity pay that is less than half of the NLW is bad for mums & babies. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.