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Mary-Ann Stephenson confirmed as EHRC chair despite MPs’ objections

Stephenson to take over at equality watchdog even though committees raised concerns about breadth of experience

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

London's birth rate tumbles 20% in a decade as cost of living crisis puts people off having children

More couples choose to delay children or not have them at all

Evening Standard · May 16, 2024

Birthrate in UK falls to record low as campaigners say ‘procreation a luxury’

Total fertility was 1.49 children per woman in 2022 amid rising housing and childcare costs

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024

In-work poverty two-thirds higher for Scottish women, ONS statistics reveal

THE number of women relying on Universal Credit while in employment is nearly two-thirds higher than for men, the Sunday National can reveal.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 16, 2022

‘Dystopian soundbites’: Tory minister under fire for suggesting tax cuts for women who have more children

‘Tax cuts to mums for having kids is completely pointless and actually just insulting when we have the second most expensive childcare system, and the third worst maternity pay in Europe,’ campaigner says

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022