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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Starmer acts to protect women who blow whistle on sex-pest bosses

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Women who are bullied and sexually harassed in the workplace will be given new protections as whistleblowers under a Labour government.

In another landmark change, common-law wives who live with their partners will also get the same rights, including over property, as married women should their relationship end.

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