Many people wont know who the journalist Fiona Miller is but they will be familiar with her husband, Alistair Cambell. As with the other ex inhabitants of Nos 10 there is an even more powerful woman behind a each powerful man! Fiona showed she was one not to pussy foot around and said it how she felt it was whether or not it was a ‘labour’ view point.
Having done some extended research on todays working mother her concerns centred around childcare. The fact that we dont really know its affects on children particularly when most of research comes from the states where many children are in nursery from 6 weeks. She feels that it should be subsidised in the UK and the party who introduces this to thier manifesto will win the next election. Unfortunaley no one party has made this a focus.
She talked of how mothers find the retrun to work difficult with many decisions conflicting. she herslef returned after 12 weeks with her first and feel now a years leave is far more appropriate. She has worked different types of flexible arrangements as obviously her husband wasnt going to change his working hours ‘his job was too big’!
Having not read her book (I’ll have to wait until my 8month old has finished teething and is sleeping at night….could be some time!) I am looking forward to her other findings and hope because of her profile this subject will have its profile raised particularly with the politians.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-World-Working-Mother/dp/0091924235