North Norfolk District Council is set to move six polling stations. Photo: PA
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Could online meetings help get more women involved in local politics?
Less than a third of the candidates standing in this week’s local elections are women, with just 100 running in Norfolk, versus 223 men.
Analysis by this paper found that of the four largest parties, women make up 40.32pc of the Green Party Candidates, 38.55pc of Labour’s, 30.88pc of the Liberal Democrats and 20.48pc of the Conservatives.
None of the four candidates for Norfolk police and crime commissioner are women.
“The women on the council in my day packed a massive punch,” said Baroness Gillian Shephard, former South-West Norfolk MP and councillor.
Women under-represented as local election candidates in England, study suggests
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âWithout meaningful reforms, many dads wonât be able to afford to take time off work when their kids are born. And women will continue to shoulder an unequal share of care and be penalised.â
A group of organisations, including Maternity Action, the Fawcett Society, the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), the Royal College of Midwives, the TUC and the Womenâs Budget Group, are increasing pressure on ministers, accusing them of âdragging their feetâ on a promised consultation on the policy. Evaluation began in July 2018 and a consultation was due to report in 2019, but it now only promised âlater this yearâ.