Bex Bailey Articles

The Institute for Fiscal Studies yesterday published a report showing that the 18 per cent gender pay gap steadily worsens once women have children. Alongside better quality part-time jobs, affordable childcare, a living wage and equal pay audits, greater uptake of...

Labour is the party of equality. That is why I joined, and I am proud of what Labour achieved in government to make our society more equal. But we cannot neglect our own backyard. Labour did lots for women’s equality in government but women in the party are still held...

This edition of Progress is being guest-edited and written by women. So this column is dedicated to what I believe the young people call ‘signal boosting’, highlighting women whose contribution to the Labour party is unjustly underrated, misunderstood, or...

Shortly after the Scottish referendum I was speaking with a friend, who also happens to be a councillor, about what the result might mean for the rest of the United Kingdom and specifically the English regions. We both agreed that it was good news and would lead to...