Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has suggested maternity pay has "gone too far" and the government needed to interfere less in people's lives. Speaking to Times Radio, Badenoch said statutory ...

Lambeth trade unions have accused Lambeth Council, a Labour authority of using fake casual contracts to avoid paying occupational maternity pay. At the same time the Labour Government say they are ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has faced growing pressure from campaign groups, charities, and MPs to align ...

Planning for the arrival of a baby involves many complex choices. Among these is deciding how long the mother will take off work to recover from childbirth and care for her newborn full-time. For many ...

A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister has responded to calls to increase the amount of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) mothers receive.

Kemi Badenoch said taking money from taxpayers and giving it to pregnant women was too much - Hesther Ng/Story Picture Agency ...

Over 2.5 million working women in the private sector are entitled to receive only statutory maternity pay from their employer, compared to just 150,000 in the public sector, according to the latest ...

Working mothers are being caught up in a “catch 22” situation due to the with soaring cost of childcare and statutory maternity pay falling in real value, according to new analysis by the Trades Union ...

Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a ...

Dr Emma Wong shares her best advice for GPs going back to work following parental leave, navigating pay, childcare, clinical ...