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Regional divides, falling incomes, booming jobs markets; and lower productivity. The current state of the UK

Workplace Insight

A comparison of disposable incomes in the UK’s 63 largest cities and towns over time reveals that every place is out of pocket – both North and South, and from former industrial towns to innovation superstars. In Birmingham, there was an increase of 60,000 children living in relative poverty over that period.

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The 2023 Motherhood Penalty: The Sorry State Of Affairs For Working Women Continues

Allwork

Redesigning policies around parental leave could address gender imbalances in the workplace and positively influence societal attitudes towards unpaid childcare. If far-reaching policy changes are not implemented, working women with children will continue to be penalized. Plus, the childcare situation is becoming even more of a crisis.

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