"Maternity pay isn't excessive - I had to save £15k to afford a baby"

  • 3 days ago
A new mum saved £15.5k for maternity leave - so she could afford to have a baby.

Alice Gregory, 30, was "shocked" when she found out the statutory maternity pay in the UK was just £184.03 a week - after falling pregnant late last year.

The mum-to-be realised the money would not even cover the bills and started saving straight away so she didn't have to be reliant on her partner, Dion McGrath, 31, support carer salary.

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