There’s a lot happening today. It’s International Women’s Day, Discover What Your Name Means Day, and we’re right in the middle of National Pie Week. Oh, and it’s the Spring Budget.
Mindful of at least two of these events, Theresa May has revealed a new £5 million fund to help mothers return to work after a long career break. Making the announcement on Mumsnet, the Prime Minister said: ‘Returnships are open to both men and women but we should acknowledge that, more often than not, it is women who give up their careers to devote themselves to motherhood, only to find the route back into employment closed off, the doors shut to them. This isn’t right, it isn’t fair and it doesn’t make economic sense.’
I applaud this extension of return to work schemes. I’m not a mother but, having watched friends and family return to the workplace after having children, I have some idea of how difficult and daunting it can be.
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