Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Starmer condemns Reform's pledge to scrap Equality Act Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equality Act could leave up to half a million pregnant women without workplace protections annually, according to new analysis. The Equality Act 2010 legally safeguards individuals, including pregnant women and new mothers, from discrimination in employment and wider society. Charities like Pregnant then Screwed and the Women's Budget Group warn that repealing the Act would “wipe out decades of progress” and have “catastrophic effects”. Reform UK proposes replacing the Equality Act with a 'Workplace Fairness Act' but has not detailed what protections this new legislation would include. Critics highlight a contradiction between Reform UK's pro-natalist views and their plan to remove protections that could deter women from starting families.…