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How to get women working

I'm impatient for change and removing the barriers for women who want to have children and have a career must be a priority, argues Joanna Milne

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Feb 12, 2025
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Last summer, two boys and a female pterodactyl took down a corrupt government. Their time machine sent the PM and Home Secretary back to the Cretaceous period. Well, that’s what my son thinks. I’d just published a children’s satire imagining these events before campaigning for Labour in the election. You can forgive his …

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