Property News · January 9, 2017

Shopper's champion goes on the offensive over UK retail's sexist surcharge


Labour MP Paula Sherriff plans more successes like repeal of the tampon tax with firms signing up to charter vowing not to indulge in gender pricingFirst day nerves got to Paula Sherriff. Looking around at her Labour colleagues from the 2015 parliamentary intake, the new MP for Dewsbury in West Yorkshire saw former special advisers and academic high-fliers with Oxbridge degrees.“I’d never been to university, so I felt completely out of my depth,” sighs Sherriff. “But then you find your way, you find your place. I’ll never be an expert in economics, but if you want somebody to get something through then I’m probably your girl because I’ve got this incredible northern grit.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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