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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain will introduce its first formal maternity leave for ministers under a draft bill announced on Thursday that aims to protect new mothers and promote more women in politics.
The new law will mean that female cabinet members can take up to six months’ paid leave while their job is covered.
Women’s rights campaigners said the bill - announced more than a century after the election of the first female member of parliament - was long overdue and called for the government to extend similar leave to all lawmakers with new-borns.
“The choice between taking leave to recover from childbirth and care for a new-born child or resigning from office is not acceptable in modern times,” said Prime Minster Boris Johnson in a written statement.
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Pair jailed for terror crimes could have minimum terms increased
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Updated: 02:52, 21 January 2021
A man and woman given life sentences after being convicted of terror offences could have their minimum jail terms increased after Attorney General Suella Braverman raised concerns.
Three appeal judges are due to deliver a ruling on Thursday after lawyers representing Ms Braverman argued that Fatah Abdullah and Safiyya Shaikh had been given lenient minimum terms.
Lord Justice Fulford, Mr Justice Edis and Mr Justice Foxton considered Ms Bravermanâs application at a Court of Appeal hearing in London in December.
Safiyya Amira Shaikh pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to plotting to bomb St Paulâs Cathedral (Met Police/PA)