Health8/2/2025The Guardian

UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips

UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips

In her statement, Labour MP Jess Phillips argues that the UK has benefited from the unpaid labor of women for decades. She asserts that the country has relied on women's charitable work and services, which she deems a "fundamentally sexist" practice that has allowed the government to avoid providing these services itself. Phillips suggests that this reliance on free female labor has made the UK "fat," implying that the government has become complacent and unwilling to address this issue. The article highlights Phillips' perspective on the systemic inequalities and the gendered nature of unpaid labor in the UK.

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