The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on UK Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to spend an extra £2.1bn in his autumn statement on extending maternity leave from nine months to a year to encourage mothers to return to work. The business lobby group said that such a change would bridge the gap to the point at which parents can claim support for childcare through the government’s childcare voucher scheme which comes into effect at 52 weeks. She said the £200,000 annual investment allowance should be raised to £1m until the end of 2018 “to increase the attractiveness of near-term investment”. “Women are more likely than men to take time off work when they have children
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on UK Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to spend an extra £2.1bn in his autumn statement on extending maternity leave from nine months to a year to encourage mothers to return to work. The business lobby group said that such a change would bridge the gap to the point at which parents can claim support for childcare through the government’s childcare voucher scheme which comes into effect at 52 weeks. “Women are more likely than men to take time off work when they have children