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

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

We need urgent action on #maternity and parental leave pay. Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 📷http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG

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.

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

#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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

#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

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.

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

‘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

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

#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

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.

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.

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.

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.

School strikers deliver maternity pay victory Workers at Dunraven School in Lambeth, south London, celebrate after a successful strike for better maternity pay

Awesome @neunion.bsky.social campaign for occupational #maternity pay at Dunraven Education Trust schools, south London. Did you know only 13% of women have access to occupational #maternity pay beyond the statutory minimum? #EndPregnancyPoverty bit.ly/42lNBf3

‘The financial strain of having a baby left my mental health in tatters’ Grace Carter says she is still in huge amount of debt after trying to keep her business as well as her young family afloat – with parental leave pay less than half national living wage

Mum Grace Carter speaks out to #EndPregnancyPoverty to
@taracobham.bsky.social @the-independent.com A majority of pregnant women & new mums responding to our recent survey have told us of their struggle on #maternity pay, quoted here: bit.ly/426iFAI

Today #maternity pay & allowance are uprated by just £3.15 to £187.18 weekly compared to £427.35 NLW for a 35hr week! 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty 👉http://bit.ly/3QjZ0GG

It’s time to reform the UK’s failed system of shared parental leave - Maternity Action By Marianne Schönle, Senior Policy Officer, Employment & Social Security Maternity Action has just responded to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into shared parental leave, the forerunner of...

It's 10 years since the UK introduced shared parental leave.
@marianneschonle.bsky.social blogs about why it's failing parents & the change we need from the Gov't review later this year #MondayBlogs #EndPregnancyPoverty: maternityaction.org.uk/2025/02/its-...

Is this an #AprilFoolsDay joke? NLW rises to £427.35 for a 35hr week today but #maternity pay & allowance will be £187.18 from next Monday. 😡Email your MP, campaign with us to #EndPregnancyPoverty bit.ly/3QjZ0GG.