Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch implied that taxpayer-funded benefit was 'excessive' and called for 'greater ...

During a recent radio interview as part of her Conservative party leadership bid, Kemi Badenoch (former Minister for Women ...

Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has suggested maternity pay has "gone too far" and the government needed to interfere ...

Statutory maternity pay is “excessive” and the red tape around the benefit has “gone too far”, Kemi Badenoch has suggested.

Comments suggesting maternity pay has "gone too far" have been seized on by leadership opponents as Tory conference gets ...

We need to have more personal responsibility - there was a time when there wasn’t any maternity pay and people were having ...

Alice Gregory, 30, saved money from her salary, freelanced and cashed in on side hustles to be able to save enough for her ...

Badenoch has since backtracked: “of course I believe in maternity pay!” she posted on X. But former MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has ...

The UK pays new mothers for longer than most developed countries - but it's not such a positive picture when it comes to how ...

A mum was so shocked by statutory maternity pay she saved £15.5k during her pregnancy. Alice Gregory, from Anglesey, became ...

Shortsighted criticism of the cost and admin involved in maternity leave do not take account of the wider benefits to society ...

Badenoch was referring to statutory maternity pay, a payment which can be claimed for up to 39 weeks of maternity leave by ...