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From the EHRC's report – but what could you actually achieve with a laptop in such circumstances?! Three cheers for the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The Report, Working Better, published today, is the best ever contribution to the debate about how parents share work and care and, in particular, the need . . . → Read More: UK’s equality body says UK’s leave system “works against gender equality” Here is a letter that I wrote today to Beverley Hughes MP, Children’s Minister, and to Kitty Ussher MP, Minister at the Department for Work and Pensions. It is a response to an attempt in Parliament to undermine the Government’s proposed new legislation on birth registration. Dear Beverley and Kitty, I am writing . . . → Read More: My defence of the Government’s proposed change of law on birth registration Two politicians, Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats and Andrew Lansley of the Conservatives have commented that the recession might result in some fathers having more time for their children. Both have been roundly condemned for their comments. I was struck by an interesting comment piece in The Guardian in response to the . . . → Read More: Should we support fatherhood in the recession? Like practically every other person in the country, I was deeply saddened by the death of David and Samantha Cameron’s son, Ivan. “He leaves a hole in our life so big that words can’t describe it” said David and Samantha. I read again the media articles about the intense struggles that parents of . . . → Read More: My tribute to Ivan Cameron |
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