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Mothers and partners will gain the legal right if they lose a baby before 24 weeks, in Labour workers’ rights reformParents in Britain will be granted the right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s changes to workers’ rights, it has been confirmed.In a change to the law made via amendments to the employment rights bill, mothers and their partners will be given the legal right to at least one week’s bereavement leave if they have suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/06/parents-in-britain-to-be-granted-bereavement-leave-after-miscarriage Author : Sarah Butler Publish date

Climate change minister says joint bid to host summit is about ensuring ‘the region’s voice shapes global climate action’. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition frontbencher Melissa McIntosh has called for the prime minister to convene an urgent meeting of national cabinet after several alleged antisemitic attacks in Melbourne at the weekend.But Victoria’s opposition police spokesman David Southwick, who is Jewish, said there was no need for another “talkfest”.People on low and modest incomes have borne the brunt of interest rate rises and desperately need relief. The economic conditions clearly

Scott Bessent suggests Musk focus on business a day after tech billionaire announced his new political partyElon Musk should focus on running his companies and keep himself out of politics, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary said on Sunday, a day after the world’s richest person – and a former White House adviser – announced the formation of a new political party.“The principles of Doge were very popular – I think if you looked at the polling Elon was not,” Scott Bessent said on CNN’s State of the Union, referring to the so-called “department of government efficiency” that Musk temporarily headed after

Residents observe day of prayer after 69 people killed and 11 girls and one camp counsellor still unaccounted forResidents in central Texas were observing a day of prayer on Sunday for at least 69 people killed and others missing in Friday’s devastating flash flooding, as a search and rescue operation for survivors began to morph into a grim exercise of recovering bodies.Relatives continued an anxious wait for news of 11 girls and one camp counsellor still unaccounted for from a riverside summer camp that was overwhelmed by flash flooding from the Guadalupe River, which rose 26ft (8 meters) in 45