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Farage’s plan for equal pay legislation may cost female workers money, say unions
UK NewsPolitics•June 16, 2026 at 6:55 PMNational

Farage’s plan for equal pay legislation may cost female workers money, say unions

By Daniel Boffey Chief reporter•The Guardian - UK News

General secretary of TUC calls Reform proposal ‘a smokescreen for slashing women’s rights’A law proposed by Nigel Farage to “strengthen women’s rights” could cost female workers money by removing equal pay for work of equal value, unions have said.A proposal, made by Reform UK days before the Makerfield byelection, to introduce a “women and motherhood protection act” that it says will restore equality before the law has been described as “shameless and deceptive”. Continue reading...

General secretary of TUC calls Reform proposal ‘a smokescreen for slashing women’s rights’

A law proposed by Nigel Farage to “strengthen women’s rights” could cost female workers money by removing equal pay for work of equal value, unions have said.

A proposal, made by Reform UK days before the Makerfield byelection, to introduce a “women and motherhood protection act” that it says will restore equality before the law has been described as “shameless and deceptive”.

Continue reading...

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