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MP Sir William Cash claimed in Parliament that you can get 52 weeks of maternity pay in the UK. That’s wrong. Statutory maternity pay is for 39 weeks. It’s statutory maternity *leave* that’s for 52 weeks.

of your average weekly earnings for the first 6 weeks and £156.66 or 90% of your average weekly earnings for the next 33 weeks. If someone on maternity pay is taking the full 52 weeks of maternity leave, the remaining 13 weeks are unpaid.

These statutory amounts are the minimum—some workplaces may have better benefits than this. ​​Those who don’t qualify may be eligible for

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