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Young Women’s Trust responds to report of BBC presenter Ashley Cain’s abusive remarks.

Young Women’s Trust responds to Reform plans to scrap the Equality Act.

Read our response to Kemi Badenoch’s announcement on scrapping the Public Sector Equality Duty. 

Young Women’s Trust, the charity campaigning for an equal world of work, has responded to the Government's priorities set out in the King's Speech.

The charity Young Women’s Trust celebrates the announcement that the Employment Rights Bill has received Royal Assent and will now become law. The legislation that will come as part of this bill will grant new, and much needed, rights to workers across the country. 

As the government’s Employment Rights Bill receives its third reading in the House of Lords, the charity Young Women’s Trust are urging peers to do the right thing and pass it in full to ensure the commitment to transforming the lives of thousands of workers does not fall short of its promise.

Young Women's Trust responds to the Department for Business and Trade Committee recommendations on the Employment Rights Bill March 2025.

Young Women's Trust responds to the ONS gender pay gap stats, October 2024

Young Women’s Trust response to today’s UK budget announcement and the increase in the national minimum wage. 

Young Women’s Trust responds to Labour’s announcement on extension to policy to help prevent harassment at work.

Young Women’s Trust responds to the Autumn Statement 2023.

The latest ONS 2023 gender pay gap statistics, released on Wednesday 1 November, show that women continue to earn less than men with an overall pay gap of 14.3%, slightly down from 14.4% last year.