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Badenoch clashes with MPs over menopause discrimination law

Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch dismissed suggestions that the menopause should be given a special legally protected status. She argued women could already make use of anti-discrimination measures based on age, sex and disability. She said the ...

01 Mar 2023 at 17:18

Government rejects calls from MPs for menopause leave trial

The Government has rejected calls for a large-scale pilot of menopause leave, in a move described as a “missed opportunity” by a Commons committee. Ministers have also resisted a recommendation from the Commons Women and Equalities Committee to ...

24 Jan 2023 at 06:56

Sunak says he would not hand honours to relatives in swipe at Johnson

Rishi Sunak said he would not hand honours to family members in a thinly-veiled swipe at Boris Johnson’s reported plans to knight his father. Mr Johnson, who was forced out of Downing Street last September following a series of scandals, is ...

10 Mar 2023 at 18:15

Watchdog ‘seriously concerned’ about Migration Bill’s impact on human rights

The human rights watchdog said it remains seriously concerned about the impact of the Government’s controversial migration laws on vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant women and trafficking victims. The Equality and Human Rights ...

28 Jun 2023 at 13:13

Parents who go through baby loss should be offered paid leave, says Labour MP

A Labour MP has called for all employers to offer paid bereavement leave to those who experience baby loss or miscarriage. Women and Equalities Committee chairwoman Sarah Owen said other workplaces should be following in the footsteps ...

10 Oct 2024 at 10:19

Abandon plans to detain and send children to Rwanda, MPs tell Government

Any intention to detain children or send them to Rwanda under controversial new migration laws should be abandoned, MPs have warned. The risks of harm to asylum-seeking children outweigh any risk of damaging the Government’s aim of ...

27 Jun 2023 at 11:37

Music

Me Too movement has not penetrated music industry, inquiry told

The Me Too movement has not penetrated the music industry to the same extent as it did with the film industry, a House of Commons inquiry has heard. The landmark Misogyny in Music inquiry is part of The House of Commons’ Women and ...

26 Oct 2022 at 18:05

‘Wait to reform cohabiting couples law could see millions lack basic protection’

Basic legal protections for cohabiting partners and their children could be delayed by years if the Government sticks to its “untenable” position to wait until other laws in that area are dealt with, MPs have warned. The Women ...

15 Jun 2023 at 13:04

Music

Perpetrators promoted while female victims exit music industry, inquiry hears

The Misogyny in Music inquiry has been told women are “forced out” of the music industry after becoming victims of sexual harassment while perpetrators “move up the workforce”. On Wednesday, the House of Commons’ Women and ...

24 May 2023 at 17:14

Paid bereavement leave should cover miscarriage, say MPs

Women and their partners should be entitled to paid bereavement leave if they experience a miscarriage, MPs have recommended. Sick leave is an “inappropriate and inadequate form of employer support” for couples after such ...

15 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Views sought on MSP’s Bill to create disability commissioner

A Holyrood committee is seeking views from members of the public on whether Scotland should have a disability commissioner. The Equalities Committee is scrutinising Jeremy Balfour’s Disability Commissioner (Scotland) ...

28 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Carol Vorderman ‘disgusted’ by women’s minister’s absence from menopause hearing

Carol Vorderman said she is “absolutely disgusted” by the words and actions of two Government ministers as the television presenter appeared before MPs to discuss menopause and the workplace. The former Countdown ...

22 Mar 2023 at 18:30

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