Starmer acts to protect women who speak out against sex-harming bosses

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Women who experience bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace will benefit from new protections as whistleblowers under a Labor government.

In In another historic change, common law wives who live with their partners will also enjoy the same rights, including property rights, as married women if their relationship ends.

In a twist In a major move for Labour, prominent barrister Marina Wheeler KC, ex-wife of Boris Johnson, is to be named Labour's 'whistleblower tsar' to advise on their reforms.

Ms Wheeler is the second high-profile woman to hold a key position in Keir Starmer's team.

Last month. , Sue Gray, the Whitehall mandarin who wrote the Partygate report on drinks parties in Number 10 that contributed to Mr Johnson's downfall, has started work as Starmer's chief of staff.

In a speech to the Labor conference on Tuesday, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry will say reporting and cohabitation reforms will mean women will not have to "live in fear…suffer in silence and…hope for the best when it comes to keeping a roof over their heads.” p>

In a major coup for the Labor Party, prominent lawyer Marina Wheeler KC, ex-wife of Boris Johnson now advises the party

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She will say: “It’s the difference between a Conservative government that claims to care about women’s rights and a Labor Party that respects them. "

Mrs. Wheeler said so. was a “privilege” to help Labor protect women from abusive colleagues.

Women in the workplace “too often experience sexual harassment and assault and pay a heavy price for express. Knowing this, and to keep their jobs, they suffer in silence," Ms Wheeler told The Independent.

She highlighted the revelation earlier this year that the one of the three...