CAMPAIGNERS have renewed calls for new legislation to protect young mothers from redundancy.
Expectant and new mothers have faced an increased risk of hardship, with existing discrimination exacerbated by the crisis, Maternity Action says.
Figures by the TUC show that a quarter of pregnant women feel they have been treated unfairly at work since the crisis began and singled out for furlough and redundancy.
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland


