Tracy Brabin calls for self-employed to be able to share parental pay

Former actress wins cross-party support for her bill to give ‘gig’ workers the same rights as staffActors, performers and workers of the gig economy unite! An increasing number of Britons are living the precarious, job-to-job existence already familiar to performers.In response to this widespread change to patterns of employment, Tracy Brabin, the actress-turned-Labour MP, is to introduce a bill on Wednesday to bring in shared parental pay for people living the kind of insecure worki