Media Round-Up: October 2021

Latest:

• Stylist Magazine – “I really hit rock bottom”: women on the reality of being on furlough for 18 months and what will happen now the scheme is over
• Nation Cymru – It’s time to make the 30 Hours Childcare Offer available for two year old children
• The Big Issue – More than 50 organisations call on government to prevent impending ‘mass homelessness crisis’
• National World – Pension pay gap: women thousands of pounds worse off – how each part of the UK compares on gender income gap
• Huffington Post – Try Being A Single Woman Finding A Home Of Her Own Right Now
• The New York Times – Boris Johnson Claims a Positive in Britain’s Shortages. Economists Disagree.
• The Scarborough News – Female pensioners in Scarborough thousands of pounds worse off on average than their male counterparts
• The i news – Shared parental leave: Fathers say the low rate paid is stopping them from splitting time off
• Woman’s Hour (skip to 3:00) 
• The Mirror – Joint open letter calling for removal of two-child benefit cap, and 100% funding for childcare for parents claiming UC
• Today Programme (skip to 21:04) 
• LBC (skip to 3:47)
• YourMoney.com – Autumn Budget 2021: More help for families
• The Grazia – Sorry Rishi, Promises Of Cheap Prosecco Will Not Hide How Little Is Being Spent On Childcare And Preventing Male Violence
• The Independent – Parents have nothing to thank Rishi Sunak for today
• The Guardian – Budget 2021 live: ‘many to face living standards squeeze’ despite Sunak spending pledges – as it happened
• Byline Times – AUTUMN BUDGET: Women & Children First?
• The Voice – Rishi Sunak hides budget impact on black communities
• HR Magazine – Budget and Spending Review: what did chancellor Rishi Sunak say?