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The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement pay and sick pay from April 2022.
The rates normally increase each April in line with the consumer price index (CPI) and this normally occurs on the first Sunday in April, which is 3 April 2022.
See: Benefit and pension rates 2022 to 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)
07 Oct 2025
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