@nuggetsavings: Maternity pay is going up in April 2027 💸 but so is the minimum you need to earn to get it. Here are the government’s proposed rates for 2027–28: 📈 Statutory maternity pay goes from £194.32 to £201.11 a week
📈 The same new rate applies to paternity, shared parental, adoption and neonatal care pay, and Maternity Allowance
⚠️ The minimum earnings to qualify for SMP goes from £129 to £133 a week (roughly £576 a month) If your baby’s due from around mid-July 2027, it’s likely the £133 figure that counts. If you’re part-time, on low hours or your pay varies, check where you sit. These rates are proposed and usually go through unchanged. I’ll post the final figures as soon as they’re signed off, so hit follow 🔔 so you see them. 📌 Save this for when you work out your leave budget
📤 Send it to someone who’s due next year Hit follow 🔔 for UK parental pay updates the minute they change. #maternitypay #maternityleave #SMP #ukmums #pregnancyuk

Sara :

6 whole pounds!!! Whatever will I do with all my riches 😒🤦🏽‍♀️

Chesney Bovis :

What if you are already on maternity. Will it automatically increase April 2027

Michelle Ogg25 :

I’ll try not to spend it all in one go 😳 what a joke!

Roseeee :

Wow an extra £6 😂 I would love to know how they come up with these amounts

Georgie :

Literally better off quitting work and going on universal credit for some people. Total crap 💩

Liliana87 :

They need to learn from other countries, 2 years maternity pay at 80% of the salary in Romania 🙁

Lucy Walker :

They should just match workers current pay since benefit claimants get their full amount

Becca✨ :

I go on maternity leave middle of April 😅 the joys of an extra £6 😅

Kirsty_B💋 :

Wooo a pack of extra nappies 😭

GLO and KO :

and it still gets taxed [Laugh approved]

Morgan :

When does self employed people start to get paternity/maternity pay?

Christopher97. :

when does paternity leave go up

Tashy Baker455 :

No way that will help me so much🙄 (inserts sarcasm)

Jess Sutcliffe :

So if I'm about to go on maternity leave in November/December, and my job offers enhanced maternity pay for the first 18 weeks. My statutory maternity pay would be due to start in April. Does that mean I'll get the £201 or just the £194?

Girlygirl1292 :

Absolutely ridiculous

lvc0494 :

Doesn’t even cover a tub of formula

Bethany :

My work will pay me 4 months full pay then 90% of my weekly earnings then I get smp.. does the 39 weeks of smp I get start from the first day when my work pay me or would it be after

Olivia Grace :

What happens when I go on maternity next month does it increase for me in April?

Unknown :

But then if you claim uc it’s not enough to not be benefit capped so 🤷‍♀️

Smart meter! :

Lauren White :

What happens for a student ?

@missgcole :

Oooooooo wow 😆

Emma 🩷 First Time Mum & Home :

Great just when I’m at the no pay part of maternity leave 🫠

Samantha80082 :

Wow