Exclusive: Women and partners who suffer pregnancy loss before 24 weeks to be entitled in England, Wales and Scotland

Parents in Britain will be granted a right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s workers’ rights reforms, the Guardian can disclose.

In a change to the law made via the employment rights bill, mothers and their partners will be given the right to two weeks of bereavement leave if they have suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation.