Nursery World - Interview: Meet Joeli Brearley, founder of campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed

Joeli set up the charity and campaign group in 2015 after experiencing maternity discrimination. Last year, she organised a national protest, ‘March of the Mummies’, attended by thousands of parents, to demand Government reform of childcare, parental leave and flexible working.

Joeli Brearley

WHEN YOU HEARD THAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS NOW UNLIKELY TO GO AHEAD WITH THE RELAXATION OF RATIOS, HOW DID YOU FEEL?

We don't know they’ve definitely been dropped. The Department for Education has yet to publish its response to the consultation on proposed reforms, which should have happened a long time ago.

It does look unlikely a relaxation of ratios will progress because there are very few supporters of it. It was very much a Liz Truss policy. It's not a Rishi Sunak policy, he's not as tied to it as she is. With all the kickback against it, you would hope the Government would be pragmatic and drop it.

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